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23 Mar 2022, 14:42 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Current Li-Ion batteries, with the notable exception of those with LFP chemistry, use raw materials that are either expensive or very hard to find. This questions the very mission of electric vehicles as outlined by Elon Musk in his famous Master P...
23 Mar 2022, 13:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk flew to Germany in time for the Giga Berlin grand opening ceremony and personally handed over the keys of the first “made in Germany” Tesla Model Y vehicles to German customers. Beyond the customary victory dance and the chatt...
23 Mar 2022, 09:37 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / As new vehicles piled up on factory lots while waiting for critical components to be delivered, car thieves had enough time to figure out how to steal them. Several heists targeting Stellatis factory lots around the Detroit area in the past months....
22 Mar 2022, 17:26 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / When it comes to EV adoption, one of the most important issues people complain about is the long charging times. This comes in stark contrast to the minute or so it takes to fill up a tank at a gas station. It appears that new technology will allow...
22 Mar 2022, 16:27 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / This is the modern version of a witch’s broomstick, only instead of the stick, there’s a monstrous big-block 572-ci V8 engine under your tushies. There’s enough power for a 1980s-era Formula 1 car behind you and this should scare ...
22 Mar 2022, 15:00 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Being Ken Block is not easy, as people expect you to drift every single car that gets in your way. We haven’t seen many electric vehicles drifting, and that’s why ken Block meeting an EV was such an interesting proposition. We wanted to...
22 Mar 2022, 13:12 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Many people buy the Ford Bronco for its massive coolness, without ever thinking of going off the tarmac. But others take Bronco commercials a little too literally and they try to replicate them in real-life scenarios, with various degrees of succes...
22 Mar 2022, 10:54 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Many people are put off by the huge increase in vehicle prices and the dealers’ shoddy practices to markup popular models. Buying a new vehicle has never been this hard and waiting times stretch for more than a year in some cases. This has ma...
22 Mar 2022, 09:08 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Carmakers have to carefully balance their insource/outsource strategy to meet the goals in terms of budgeting, flexibility, and scale. When it comes to electric motors, most EV startups opted for developing their electric powertrains in-house, whil...
21 Mar 2022, 17:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Claims that EV tires and brakes produce more particulates than those of gas and diesel vehicles are greatly exaggerated, according to a RAC report. Despite being heavier, electric vehicles are not burning through rubber like drift cars and they bar...
21 Mar 2022, 16:32 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / As the fuel prices go higher and higher, so does people’s creativity in obtaining the precious liquid. Some thieves puncture the fuel tanks to extract the gas, while others turn to hacks to make the gas pumps dispense the fuel for free. The r...
21 Mar 2022, 14:21 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / After more than a year of struggling, Tesla has finally received full approval to begin mass-production at Gigafactory Berlin. Tesla had to prove meeting 400 conditions and requirements regarding environment and species protection to turn a prelimi...
21 Mar 2022, 14:04 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Most EV owners need to use the in-car navigation system because it’s the only way they can plot a trip with convenient charging on the way. This is because the integrated navigation has access to privileged information regarding the battery&r...
21 Mar 2022, 13:51 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Land Ark RV builder has impressed us in the past with stylish tiny houses like the Draper and the Drake. Its latest offering ‘Quatro’ keeps the same stylish design but is a lot more compact than their previous models. This is obvious fr...
21 Mar 2022, 09:34 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / GM has managed to picture itself as a forward-thinking brand, ready to embrace the EV revolution. The GMC Hummer EV and the Chevrolet Silverado EV are part of this revolution, and the two electric trucks set the U.S. market on fire although they ar...
19 Mar 2022, 22:32 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The history of the Volkswagen Microbus or Bus is interesting, especially as the Type 2 became a symbol of the protests against Detroit’s overpowered and exaggerated vehicles. The second-generation Type 2 (T2) does not have the same appeal as ...
19 Mar 2022, 10:47 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Faced with chip shortages, carmakers had to make the hard choice between stopping production while waiting for new chips to be delivered or continuing with the production and figuring out what to do later. Procrastination is in our nature, so you k...
18 Mar 2022, 18:07 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / For many years, the Tesla Model S performance has been unparalleled especially when it comes to straight-line acceleration. This lasted just about until Porsche released the Taycan, the first proper electric sports car. Porsche quickly demonstrated...
18 Mar 2022, 16:58 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The car industry has figured out that movies are an excellent means of promotion, while the movie industry thrived on this symbiosis. It’s a win-win that got us some of the most interesting car concepts. One of them is, no doubt, the Tucson &...
18 Mar 2022, 15:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia was a great camper that impressed in its heydays and it still looks stylish more than 40 years later. Today it also comes with the bonus that you can buy one for a reasonable amount of money. The one we’ve found o...