A door handle assembly for a motor vehicle door having a latch controllable between a latched condition in which the door is prevented from opening and an unlatched condition in which the door is not prevented from opening, the door handle assembly comprising: a handle base configured to be secured to the motor vehicle door and configured to operatively couple to the latch for controlling the latch, the handle base having a first surface (14G, 14R) spaced apart from and generally facing the door and a second surface opposite the first surface (14G, 14R) thereof, the handle base defining a first detection surface along at least a portion of the first surface (14G, 14R) of the handle base, a grip cover having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface thereof, the grip cover coupled to the handle base with the first surface of the grip cover facing the second surface of the handle base such that the first surface (14G, 14R) of the handle base and the second surface of the grip cover cooperatively define a door handle grip, wherein a portion of the grip cover is at least partially flexible so as to deflect toward the handle base upon application of pressure to the second surface of the portion of the grip cover, the second surface of the portion of the grip cover defining a second detection surface, a first sensor configured to produce a first sensor signal, the first sensor mounted to the handle base and positioned relative to the handle base opposite the first detection surface of the handle base, the first sensor being configured to produce a detectable change in the first sensor signal upon detection of one of an object within a detection proximity of the first detection surface and deflection of the portion of the handle base defining the first detection surface to within a detection proximity of a sensing surface of the first sensor, the detectable change in the first sensor signal enabling the latch to unlock or unlatch, an electrically conductive layer disposed on the first surface of the portion of the grip cover opposite the second detection surface, and a second sensor configured to produce a second sensor signal, the second sensor being an inductive proximity sensor mounted within the grip cover such that a sensing surface of the inductive proximity sensor is spaced apart from the electrically conductive layer, the inductive proximity sensor configured to produce a detectable change in the second sensor signal in the form of a detectable change in an electromagnetic field produced by the inductive proximity sensor upon detection of deflection of the portion of the grip cover defining the second detection surface (12K, 12L; 12K', 12K", 12K′′′, 12K IV) to within a detection proximity of the sensing surface of the second sensor, the detectable change in the second sensor signal enabling the latch to lock or latch. a handle base configured to be secured to the motor vehicle door and configured to operatively couple to the latch for controlling the latch, the handle base having a first surface (14G, 14R) spaced apart from and generally facing the door and a second surface opposite the first surface (14G, 14R) thereof, the handle base defining a first detection surface along at least a portion of the first surface (14G, 14R) of the handle base, a grip cover having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface thereof, the grip cover coupled to the handle base with the first surface of the grip cover facing the second surface of the handle base such that the first surface (14G, 14R) of the handle base and the second surface of the grip cover cooperatively define a door handle grip, wherein a portion of the grip cover is at least partially flexible so as to deflect toward the handle base upon application of pressure to the second surface of the portion of the grip cover, the second surface of the portion of the grip cover defining a second detection surface, a first sensor configured to produce a first sensor signal, the first sensor mounted to the handle base and positioned relative to the handle base opposite the first detection surface of the handle base, the first sensor being configured to produce a detectable change in the first sensor signal upon detection of one of an object within a detection proximity of the first detection surface and deflection of the portion of the handle base defining the first detection surface to within a detection proximity of a sensing surface of the first sensor, the detectable change in the first sensor signal enabling the latch to unlock or unlatch, an electrically conductive layer disposed on the first surface of the portion of the grip cover opposite the second detection surface, and a second sensor configured to produce a second sensor signal, the second sensor being an inductive proximity sensor mounted within the grip cover such that a sensing surface of the inductive proximity sensor is spaced apart from the electrically conductive layer, the inductive proximity sensor configured to produce a detectable change in the second sensor signal in the form of a detectable change in an electromagnetic field produced by the inductive proximity sensor upon detection of deflection of the portion of the grip cover defining the second detection surface (12K, 12L; 12K', 12K", 12K′′′, 12K IV) to within a detection proximity of the sensing surface of the second sensor, the detectable change in the second sensor signal enabling the latch to lock or latch.