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1 Jul 2021, 12:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Brexit, there was a concern about the fate of Nissan’s Sunderland plant. Would the Japanese company shut it down? On July 1, 2021, Nissan dismissed these concerns by announcing EV36Zero, a £1 billion investment to transform the Su...
1 Jul 2021, 09:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A brand new Tesla Model S Plaid caught fire on June 29 in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. According to the Gladwyne Volunteer Fire Company, firefighters were called to “the 100 block of Rose Lane” a little before 9 PM to assist Station 25 (Meri...
30 Jun 2021, 17:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volvo did not hold back on its software plans for electric cars. It also revealed a concept at the Volvo Cars Tech Moment event that screams about the next-generation XC90 – and suggests some similarities with the Polestar 3. With all that, i...
30 Jun 2021, 16:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Although unions such as IG Metall have already realized that software will make the most significant difference in the automotive industry, multiple companies still believe it’s all about the hardware. Volvo showed it learned its lesson well ...
30 Jun 2021, 15:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Back in January, Alpine disclosed its plans to adapt to electromobility and a world that would not accept combustion engines in a matter of years. According to the company, it will have a “dream garage” composed of a B-segment hot hatch...
30 Jun 2021, 14:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Renault held a press conference this June 30 that received a fancy name. The Renault eWays ElectroPop was laid out as a hit parade to talk about stuff that we already knew – such as the deals with Envision AESC and Verkor – and exciting...
30 Jun 2021, 08:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / EVs are often praised for being maintenance-free vehicles, which is not exactly correct. Rich Benoit – from the Rich Rebuilds YouTube channel – learned that while rebuilding a Tesla Model S. That even pushed him to open a shop dedicated...
29 Jun 2021, 22:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ricco Kimbrough is a more complex character than the tiktoker who presented a Tesla Model S with an airbag module hanging from its steering yoke. He says he is a public teacher in his Tik Tok profile, but he identifies as a chauffeur on his Faceboo...
29 Jun 2021, 19:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ernst & Young may have started its business career as an audit company, but now it is also venturing into forecasting businesses such as the automotive industry. Now called just EY, the consulting company has developed the EY Mobility Lens Fore...
29 Jun 2021, 17:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Tesla removed radar from the Model 3 and Model Y, IIHS and Consumer Reports respectively removed the sedan from their Top Safety Pick+ and Top Pick status (the Model Y does not have them yet). At the time, the own automaker informed that &ldqu...
29 Jun 2021, 16:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It may be just a coincidence, but Bloomberg just published an article wondering what regulators will do after NHTSA reached 30 investigations related to Tesla’s Autopilot. A little after that, the traffic safety agency released an order requi...
29 Jun 2021, 14:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Henrik Fisker seems to enjoy tweeting as much as some other company CEOs. He usually does that to update his followers about his company’s new EV. The Fisker Ocean promises to have a very affordable price in the US even without incentives. Sc...
29 Jun 2021, 12:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / People who try to prevent or at least delay the shift to electromobility often claim that electric cars are dirtier than combustion-engined vehicles. That has been debunked multiple times, including when a consortium with companies such as Aston Ma...
29 Jun 2021, 09:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Dr. Joachim Doerr must be really proud of what Audi has done with the Premium Platform Electric architecture. Also known as PPE, it underpins the Porsche Taycan and the Audi e-tron GT. Doerr is the project lead for that incredible platform, but he ...
29 Jun 2021, 05:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We first told you about Gaussin a few days ago. The French company provided a fascinating video of its electric skateboard chassis for trucks up to class 8 tractors, which will offer fuel cells or batteries. Our impression was that the company was ...
29 Jun 2021, 04:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Whenever anyone uses EPA range numbers to compare EVs, that becomes an issue. Since Car and Driver revealed that you could get different numbers depending on the measuring method you adopt, it became clear we need a more trustworthy standard. A...
28 Jun 2021, 18:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When CATL first signed a deal with Tesla, it seemed the American EV maker just wanted access to LFP (lithium phosphate iron) batteries, but that it would not need them for too long: the contract would last only up to June 2022. On Tesla Battery...
28 Jun 2021, 16:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / One of the best things about Sandy Munro’s teardown videos is that he does not stick with how the products are. The engineer also suggests how they could improve. With the ID.4, Munro had the help of Sabic to tell Volkswagen how it could have...
28 Jun 2021, 12:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On December 25, 2020, Pingwest published an article that said Tesla’s Giga Shanghai was a “Giga-Sweatshop.” Tesla sued Pingwest and was sued back by the Chinese outlet, who said it stood up to what it wrote. If Tesla follows the s...
28 Jun 2021, 10:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla announced a recall for 285,520 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in China. It consists of an OTA (over-the-air) update to prevent the unwanted activation of the “active cruise control.” That could be the cause for multiple accidents re...