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19 May 2023, 14:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / You will remember when rumors of a million-mile cell emerged years ago. It came from a study that a certain BEV maker was doing, and people even thought it would arrive in the 4680 format, but it didn't. It was up to a Chinese battery manufact...
19 May 2023, 10:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Electric vehicles are mostly gaining terrain in developed countries, where crime rates are not as much of a concern as they are in developing ones. When battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) start reaching places where armored cars are common or even ne...
17 May 2023, 22:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ample recently announced it made a partnership with Fisker for the Ocean to be compatible with its battery module swapping system. What it did not state at the time was that the electric SUV would already benefit from a second-generation swapping s...
17 May 2023, 13:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Anyone who says they love cars may be able to tell the name of thousands of models with just a glimpse. However, those who truly love these machines know the stories of the people who conceived them. They know that the cars are just a symbol of eve...
16 May 2023, 13:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Dacia Spring has received a lot of praise since its presentation. Green NCAP considers it the most efficient vehicle for sale it has tested so far. Its owners love how quick and practical it is. Things were running pretty well for it until May ...
15 May 2023, 19:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A taxi driver crashed his Tesla and blamed the car for the incident. If that sounds familiar, it is because you have already heard this story. The difference is that it happened on May 13 in Bergen, Norway, not in Paris on December 11, 2021, and th...
13 May 2023, 14:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The BMS_u029 error messages are getting so frequent that the Facebook group joining affected customers and those interested in learning more about that now have 263 members. A lawsuit was sure to follow. However, no one could predict that the lawye...
13 May 2023, 13:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / All soap operas need several episodes to unfold. When I started writing about what Bob Atkins and his mother-in-law went through when her 2014 Model S 85 got the BMS_u029 error message, it was clear this would be a worthy tale of what Tesla custome...
12 May 2023, 22:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In my first story about BEVs remaining as rich people's toys, I laid out why limited battery pack lifespans condemn them to that fate. That will also eventually kill the used car market. Being a long-term problem, it will take years to show al...
12 May 2023, 14:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Imagine buying a flagship vehicle and driving it for nine years without major issues. All of a sudden, you discover you will have to pay for a component that costs almost as much as the entire car. That's what happened to Bob Atkins' moth...
12 May 2023, 10:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Costas Lakafossis was the engineer who announced a feasible explanation for sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) episodes. After investigating several cases, he found out that the Autopilot software made the car behave in a way that induced pedal a...
11 May 2023, 17:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The BMS_u029 and the BMS_u018 error codes are something I have already warned my readers about. Those following the situation more closely have already met Bob Atkins in my texts. He tagged Elon Musk on Twitter to show the issues he was having with...
9 May 2023, 15:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ask any battery electric vehicle (BEV) advocate why the world is adopting vehicles powered by battery packs, and they will tell you that it's due to climate change. The most educated ones will tell you they help keep the air around cities clea...
8 May 2023, 14:32 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Henrik Fisker is a famous car designer who created machines such as the BMW Z8 and the Aston Martin DB9 before he decided to have his own car brand. The Fisker Karma was a gorgeous car with flawed manufacturing. The enterprise failed, but the desig...
8 May 2023, 06:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Legacy automakers never lower car prices. They may offer discounts and promotions, but it is always against a fixed MSRP price tag. That allows buyers to compare the benefits and want to take advantage of the bargain. Tesla decided to be innovative...
5 May 2023, 18:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / I had just covered the BMS_u029 issue when I last wrote about how crucial it is for battery electric vehicle (BEV) buyers to know how much their battery packs will last. Although this error code is allegedly just a grim prognosis, affected customer...
4 May 2023, 22:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla sells electric cars and energy storage systems (ESS), such as Powerwall and Megapack. BYD also does that, so it is no surprise that Rimac thought that was a good idea. The company announced on May 4 that it will have a new division called Rim...
3 May 2023, 22:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On January 25, Nikola announced its HYLA brand for hydrogen refueling stations and solutions – such as the HYLA Flexible Mobile Fueler. The company said it would have 60 fixed hydrogen stations until 2026. On May 2, the truck startup told tha...
3 May 2023, 18:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Steve Wozniak has already made it very clear why he is a former Tesla customer. To Steve-O, he complained a lot about Autopilot and how dangerous it is. In another interview, the Apple co-founder was even more incisive in his criticism of the compa...
3 May 2023, 00:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Before combustion-engined cars became mainstream, electric vehicles ruled the world. Although they had terrible battery tech, they were convenient – something vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE) only managed to become after ...