Subject: Re: China bans Tesla-style door handles
OK - this makes sense to me, but I wonder how long it would take other countries to follow.

No time at all. The EU decreed that all phomes (and similar size electronic devices) had to use the USB-C charging plug, and everybody - even Apple which had it’s own proprietary plug/socket - fell in line almost overnight. (I have at least a dozen USB-A plugs which connect to a dozen different types of plugs on the other end. It’s a mess, and a joke.)

You can’t ignored a market the size of the EU (or China, even if you’re not currently importing there) so I expect this will happen as soon as they can retool for the next production model.

For the record, my Ioniq6 has recessed and ‘air-streamed’ handles: mechanical on both inside and outside, but are also solenoid operated for locking & unlocking if desired. It’s not hard to do. Tesla will just have to get over itself.