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17 Jun 2021, 10:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / T&E (Transport & Environment) is an organization trying to speed up clean transportation. It recently called the bluff on plug-in hybrids – they would just masquerade gas-guzzlers in many cases, according to T&E – and said E...
16 Jun 2021, 12:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volvo and Volkswagen were appointed by Transport & Environment as the only major automakers ready to make the switch to EVs. Another proof of that is Volvo’s investment in its Ridgeville plant in South Carolina. Apart from producing t...
16 Jun 2021, 11:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If you look at the Hyundai Kona Electric above, you will not see anything extraordinary about it apart from the paint job. It points out what really makes it a special car: where the electricity that powers it comes from. This is the S-Poo-V Number...
16 Jun 2021, 08:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / SpaceX did extraordinary things when it comes to rocket launching and cost-cutting with aerospace technology. Even so, it is not entitled to close public roads in Boca Chica with private security guards. This is what the Cameron County District Att...
16 Jun 2021, 08:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / One of the weirdest things about the electric car world is that all people and companies in that segment pledge to defend cleaner transportation and fight climate change. Yet, you’ll see that they have divided into different teams: those...
15 Jun 2021, 19:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Herbert Diess seems to be really enjoying his Twitter experience. The Volkswagen Group CEO has already teased fuel cell vehicles and was challenged by James Glickenhaus to prove his point on the Baja 1000. His latest tweet teases Elon Musk about Vo...
15 Jun 2021, 17:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / So far, only BMW and Ford were able to bet on Solid Power as a strong contender in the solid-state battery race. However, anyone will soon manage to do the same by buying its shares. The startup will be traded at NASDAQ under the SLDP sticker thank...
15 Jun 2021, 12:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla and Elon Musk said that Giga Grünheide would start to operate on July 1, 2021. With the issues with the construction permits and the 4680 batteries – which would be crucial to cars made in Germany – Tesla would have deci...
15 Jun 2021, 07:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / You are watching new and more compelling electric vehicles hit the market. But, if you think it is still up to debate whether they will take over or not, we have sad news: that is not up for discussion anymore. Considering how the automotive indust...
14 Jun 2021, 19:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Nio said it would sell vehicles with swappable battery packs, many did not believe the Chinese company would really get there. Better Place didn’t make it, even if it was a very different proposition. With Nio’s success in China, i...
14 Jun 2021, 16:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Apparently, Steve Burns decided he could no longer run Lordstown Motors. The CEO and the company’s CFO, Julio Rodriguez, resigned on June 14 after the company disclosed that it would need more funding to reach production with the Endurance el...
14 Jun 2021, 12:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / "The Walking Dead" has no official car brand that we are aware of, but it could as well be Lancia. Until very recently, it was only considered alive because of a single vehicle, the Ypsilon. With Stellantis, the brand gained another chanc...
14 Jun 2021, 08:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Hyundai Ioniq 5 promises to be one of the best affordable EVs in the market. Apart from the 800V system that allows it to charge much faster – which you can only find in the Porsche Taycan nowadays – it has multiple little surprises...
14 Jun 2021, 06:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Toyota said we’d eventually have a GR Corolla that will be as brilliant – if not more – as the GR Yaris. While we are still waiting to see it and to test it in the real world, our friend Theottle decided to imagine what it may loo...
12 Jun 2021, 12:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elon Musk presented the interior of the Model S Plaid as if it was a fantastic innovation. That was part of the effort to make the new derivative seem as attractive as what the competitors have been presenting. At least one of the novelties called ...
12 Jun 2021, 11:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Microlino 2.0 deliveries are scheduled to start on September 21, 2021. As they quickly approach, Micro-Mobility needs to define all aspects the production version will have, and the third prototype already presents most of them. It will include...
12 Jun 2021, 10:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Sandy Munro is a confessed fan of Tesla’s Octovalve and the Super Manifold. These parts made Tesla’s thermal system one of the most elegant in the market. When he saw that the Ford Mustang Mach-E had some good engineering solutions, he ...
11 Jun 2021, 19:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla and Elon Musk did their best to present the Model S Plaid as a win. Yes, it is fast, but not as fast as the Plaid+ promised to be. It also has a long range, but not as long as the Plaid+ could offer. Lucid wasted no time teasing Tesla for tha...
11 Jun 2021, 08:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Alpha Motor Corporation does not cease to present new plans for its vehicles. The latest one is a camping tent designed in partnership with Heimplanet that would be perfect for the Wolf+ electric pickup truck. The problem is that all we have seen s...
11 Jun 2021, 08:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volkswagen already presented how important Northvolt is for its electric car plans. The Swedish battery manufacturer will be in charge of the group’s cells for premium vehicles. At Volkswagen Power Day, the idea was that its Skellefteå ...