Hard to imagine a timeline where something like vehicle door handle design would be controversial, and yet here we are in the year 2026. And then we had a final test drive and said, it’s innovative, but from a customer perspective, it’s worse than a conventional door handle. The automaker had originally planned to chase the hot trend of electronic door handles like we’ve seen on the Volvo EX60. Volvo EX60’s electronic door handle Joel FederThe “innovative door handle” that was dropped from the Q9? The man in charge of Audi took customers feedback to heart and made sweeping changes beyond the door handles right down to packaging and features.