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Do You Really Need 850 Ponies? Yes, When They're Inside a Supercharged Coupe!
Do You Really Need 850 Ponies? Yes, When They're Inside a Supercharged Coupe!

23 Jul 2023, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Because it's summer, because it's still July, and for many other factors, I haven't been around the premises for a while - due to vacation with kids and wifey

 
BEV Advocates Should Cut Conspiracy Theories If They Really Want Clean Transportation
BEV Advocates Should Cut Conspiracy Theories If They Really Want Clean Transportation

21 Jul 2023, 21:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It seems they are more focused on the means to achieve carbon neutrality than on the results these tools should deliver.

 
Organization's Push Toward Smaller BEVs May Actually Advocate for Hybrids and PHEVs
Organization's Push Toward Smaller BEVs May Actually Advocate for Hybrids and PHEVs

19 Jul 2023, 10:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Transport & Environment released a study that shows smaller battery electric vehicles will help cut demand for cell raw materials. So do hybrids and PHEVs.

 
Don't Be Deceived by Autonomous Cars Propaganda – You Drive Better Than Computers
Don't Be Deceived by Autonomous Cars Propaganda – You Drive Better Than Computers

18 Jul 2023, 10:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Cruise made an advertisement based on statistics, but that was a way to torture numbers in its favor. Would a traffic cone prevent you from driving?

 
Too Little, Too Late: Ditch "Stop Global Warming!" Headlines and Adapt to a New Reality
Too Little, Too Late: Ditch "Stop Global Warming!" Headlines and Adapt to a New Reality

16 Jul 2023, 13:50 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / We had our chance to control how pollution damages our environment, but it looks like we failed. So, what next – extinction or survival?

 
The Hyundai IONIQ 5 N Proves That Automakers Still Think Only ICE Cars Can Be Fun
The Hyundai IONIQ 5 N Proves That Automakers Still Think Only ICE Cars Can Be Fun

15 Jul 2023, 08:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Putting the new BEV to make noises and pretend to have a dual-clutch is equivalent to saying there is no way to make a BEV more engaging.

 
The GMC Hummer EV Doesn’t Need To Exist, but Its Militarized Cousin Sure Does
The GMC Hummer EV Doesn’t Need To Exist, but Its Militarized Cousin Sure Does

14 Jul 2023, 20:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's certainly more plausible deniability around justifying the Hummer H1's existence because the truck it's based upon was built to protect soldiers.

 
Audi Buying a Chinese Platform for Its Electric Cars Is a Sign of Despair
Audi Buying a Chinese Platform for Its Electric Cars Is a Sign of Despair

14 Jul 2023, 10:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Volkswagen Group is not delivering the architectures Audi needs to be more competitive in the world's largest market.

 
Governments Are Cheating To Make Battery Electric Semi Trucks Feasible, but Will It Work?
Governments Are Cheating To Make Battery Electric Semi Trucks Feasible, but Will It Work?

13 Jul 2023, 07:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The US was the first to mess with the maximum gross weight, but Europe is following suit, which may impose a burden on road infrastructure.

 
Renault's 'Horse' May Prove To Be Geely's Trojan Horse in New Markets
Renault's 'Horse' May Prove To Be Geely's Trojan Horse in New Markets

10 Jul 2023, 14:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The new internal combustion engine joint venture will give Geely an industrial presence in countries where it yet to set foot.

 
The Summer Heat Is Definitely On, Including Across the North American Auto Industry
The Summer Heat Is Definitely On, Including Across the North American Auto Industry

9 Jul 2023, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Usually, in July, we have lots of summer road trips and vacations and fewer novelties. This week wasn't the case, though, with interesting news in abundance

 
This Is Why the NASCAR Cup Series Should Race at Le Mans One Day
This Is Why the NASCAR Cup Series Should Race at Le Mans One Day

8 Jul 2023, 20:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / And to think, the only reason we're even fielding this discussion at all is that Garage 56 had the cajones to stand up to the establishment.

 
Stuck in the EV Shift, Carlos Tavares Reminds Us Money Does Not Hold a Passport
Stuck in the EV Shift, Carlos Tavares Reminds Us Money Does Not Hold a Passport

6 Jul 2023, 21:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Stellantis CEO also exposed how disconnected politicians are from reality in a controversy with the French Finance Minister.

 
The Chevy Kodiak Pickup Was All That's Awful About American Excess, Yet I Still Want One
The Chevy Kodiak Pickup Was All That's Awful About American Excess, Yet I Still Want One

4 Jul 2023, 13:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There aren't too many places outside of U.S. soil that could even accommodate a truck of this size and tremendous 17,500 lbs (7,937.8 kg) of weight.

 
GM's New Purchase Shows How Concerned and Powerless Carmakers Are About Battery Packs
GM's New Purchase Shows How Concerned and Powerless Carmakers Are About Battery Packs

3 Jul 2023, 17:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Israeli startup ALGOLiON developed "sophisticated software" that monitors the health of battery packs to anticipate problems and prevent fires.

 
The 2023 Infiniti Q50 Is So Far Out of Its League, It's Almost Laughable
The 2023 Infiniti Q50 Is So Far Out of Its League, It's Almost Laughable

3 Jul 2023, 15:25 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Despite riding on a decade-old platform, the Q50 sedan is still considered by Infiniti to be a proper alternative to the likes of the G20 BMW 3 Series

 
Sports Cars Are Back in Fashion, Even Though CUVs Vastly Outnumber Them
Sports Cars Are Back in Fashion, Even Though CUVs Vastly Outnumber Them

2 Jul 2023, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / No matter how you turn and spin around this past week's newsreel, crossovers, SUVs, and trucks were more present on the red carpet than passenger cars

 
Is It Me or Is the First Driverless Remote-Piloted EV Carshare Service Kind of Genius?
Is It Me or Is the First Driverless Remote-Piloted EV Carshare Service Kind of Genius?

2 Jul 2023, 07:40 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / On June 29, start up Halo.Car deployed the world's first commercial driverless remote-piloted vehicles. Why I think this is more than just a cool news

 
Want a Base 2023 Porsche Taycan? Check Out the 2023 Lucid Air Pure First!
Want a Base 2023 Porsche Taycan? Check Out the 2023 Lucid Air Pure First!

1 Jul 2023, 18:56 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Spare a moment to consider something that can be a true Porsche Taycan rival. It's not that straightforward, though. So, we help you decide

 
It Looks Like the Electric Pickup Truck Revolution Is Dead in Its Tracks
It Looks Like the Electric Pickup Truck Revolution Is Dead in Its Tracks

1 Jul 2023, 15:00 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Chevy announced that the first version of the 2024 Silverado EV to reach customers wouldn't be the intended $40k variant but rather something twice expensive