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26 Jan 2023, 11:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Having good readers is an asset any publication should be proud of. Just check what Car and Driver obtained with that. One of the American magazine’s readers received a customer survey that presented several specifications of a future three-r...
25 Jan 2023, 19:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Those who think about buying a Tesla due to Autopilot or Full Self-Driving may change their mind after listening to Consumer Reports. The customer protection organization ranked 15 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and left Autopilot in the...
25 Jan 2023, 15:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Meet Carsized, a tool car enthusiasts must have asked for, especially those who love – or need – to compare vehicle dimensions in a more visual way. In other words, it can definitely come in handy. How does it work? Well, this online...
25 Jan 2023, 10:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Despite all the controversies that involved Nikola and its founder at the beginning, the company always had a crucial element that could help it succeed: a concern with hydrogen infrastructure. Just like Tesla did well with the help of its Supercha...
25 Jan 2023, 00:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When it comes to automotive heresies, nothing may ever beat Mitsubishi calling an SUV the Eclipse Cross. Even if many car buyers do not remember what the Eclipse was, those that loved the coupe may still refuse to refer to the current SUV as such. ...
24 Jan 2023, 20:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ford is entirely focusing on electrification. To get there, it is closing factories around the world, such as in Brazil, India, and even Germany. Ironically, BYD has done that much earlier and needs new factories to expand production. According to ...
24 Jan 2023, 18:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aptera announced the Launch Edition of its solar trike a few days ago. When the company also said the vehicle would not have fast charging capabilities, hell apparently broke loose for the executives. They politely prefer to call the protests feedb...
24 Jan 2023, 10:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / One of the main assets any company can have is trust. When it says that it will do something, those who believe it are the ones who help it achieve its goals. Lightyear promised it would manufacture the Lightyear 0. It said the car would help it ea...
23 Jan 2023, 13:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Sakuu has already shared a lot with us. We know its Sakuu-LM (Lithium Metal) cells offer 800 Wh/l, which equates to about 300 Wh/kg. They also present discharge rates of 3C and should be powering two-wheelers since the end of 2022, but that has not...
23 Jan 2023, 12:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Chinese bloggers filmed the new Volvo EX30 parked under a relatively light disguise on January 8. The Weibo post showed that the Swedish automaker’s new entry-level EV was nearing production lines. Jim Rowan confirmed that to Carsales in a re...
21 Jan 2023, 13:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aptera will not reach production as we thought it would. On September 18, 2020, it announced the Paradigm Series. On November 21 of the same year, it said pre-orders for this limited series would start on December 4, 2020, with deliveries by 2021. ...
21 Jan 2023, 08:50 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When General Motors blamed LG Energy Solution (LGES) for the massive Chevrolet Bolt EV recall it had to perform, it seemed that their partnership to make the Ultium cells and platform could go sour. The battery maker’s acceptance of paying $1...
20 Jan 2023, 23:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / As much as people worried about the environment love electric cars, cobalt is a component that makes them quiver. Its primary source is Congo, and there are pretty credible reports that kids are used to mining it in that country. It is also expensi...
20 Jan 2023, 18:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / BMW decided to release two updates about batteries in a single announcement. The first one confirms that the carmaker will help Solid Power develop all-solid-state batteries (ASSB). When they are ready for production, BMW will make them in Parsdorf...
20 Jan 2023, 11:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The staged 2016 Autopilot video does not cease to generate trouble for Tesla. After the Autopilot program director confirmed it did not reflect the reality of the software at the time – despite its disclaimer – Bloomberg discovered even...
19 Jan 2023, 22:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The main criticism against fuel cells is that they are less energy-efficient than batteries. We could say it is the only one if it were not for hydrogen made from fossil fuels. Regardless of these critiques, current battery packs have a weight pena...
19 Jan 2023, 12:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / BYD will sell more battery electric cars in 2023 than Tesla. This goal is within reach thanks to a strong performance in China – the world’s largest car market – and aggressive international expansion. So why hasn’t BYD anno...
19 Jan 2023, 05:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We have said that batteries and their raw materials would be the new oil several times. There are several problems related to that, such as scarcity and how sustainable extracting and dealing with these materials is. Still, the Global Battery Allia...
18 Jan 2023, 12:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / F1 devotees certainly know what Vanderwall was. The team founded by Tony Vandervell was the first one to win an F1 constructor’s championship in 1958, the same year Stuart Lewis-Evans died due to a crash with one of the team’s cars. His...
17 Jan 2023, 19:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On December 10, 2021, we told our readers about a damning accusation against Tesla. The New York Times talked to 19 former employees and also people who still worked for the EV maker at the time. They said the video that Tesla promoted to demonstra...