AFAIK, with the newer Model 3 you have to push with your thumb on the larger part to make the handle pull out, in a kind of lever action.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObhEPkJPBNc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObhEPkJPBNc</a><p>Having an entirely electronic door handle seems dangerous to me, you don't want it to fail at a critical moment such as this one.<p>Maybe the lever one is the way to go in the future, even though it's not intuitive. First time I had to go in, I wasn't sure what to do so I couldn't blame a first responder not to know what to do on their first encounter with that kind of handle.