Handleless door for vehicle

A system for operating a handleless door of an automobile having an outer surface, comprising:

• a remotely-controlled door latch disposed at at least one of:
• flush to the outer surface of the automobile;
• and interior to the outer surface of the automobile;
• a sensor disposed behind or overmolded in a window seal, the sensor configured to sense an input from a user to open the door, the window seal being a waist line seal for sealing a window of the handleless door and the waist line seal being configured to transmit an input force to the sensor;
• an antenna disposed behind the waist line seal, the antenna configured to receive a radio signal from a key fob in vicinity of the antenna;
• a passive entry passive start (PEPS) system disposed in the automobile and configured to receive the radio signal from the antenna and to authenticate the key fob as being associated with the automobile;
• and
• a controller disposed in the automobile and configured to (i) receive a signal from the sensor indicating the user provided input to open the door, (ii) to receive an authentication signal from the PEPS system to authenticate the key fob as being associated with the automobile, and (iii) cause the remotely-controlled door latch to release based on receiving the signal from the sensor and the authentication signal from PEPS system.