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21 Nov 2022, 20:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On September 18, a video from The Limiting Factor YouTube channel helped us to discover the 4680 cells Tesla is putting in its cars are just ordinary and big NMC batteries. Ironically, that was the best-case scenario for these cells. A new video fr...
21 Nov 2022, 16:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Continental is a close partner of Sono Motors. In the development of the Sion, a solar hatchback, the German supplier helped Sono develop the electric motor, and the software for the vehicle control unit and the airbag control unit. Things must hav...
21 Nov 2022, 12:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Herbert Diess left Volkswagen on August 31, I thought it would not take long for him to land a new job at Tesla, possibly even replacing Elon Musk there. In the lawsuit against the Tesla CEO’s $56 billion compensation, James Murdoch said...
20 Nov 2022, 21:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aptera said it is quickly approaching the Delta stage with its solar trike. That means it will get ready for production soon, but having a product ready for manufacturing also involves preparing the factory that will build this vehicle. The startup...
20 Nov 2022, 16:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In August 2020, Hyperion presented plans for the XP-1, a hypercar running on hydrogen. It would not burn the gas in a combustion engine. Instead, it would use it in fuel cells to convert it into electricity. More than two years later, the company d...
20 Nov 2022, 11:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Mark Reuss said that GM dealerships repaired 11,180 Tesla vehicles since 2021. It does not matter what they have fixed; the mere fact that Tesla owners preferred to ask General Motors for help is enough to understand how bustling Tesla Service Cent...
19 Nov 2022, 21:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla frequently brags about its direct sales model and that all its service centers are an extension of the company. Lately, that has been more of a burden than an advantage. Tesla customers frequently complain that they take too long to make an a...
19 Nov 2022, 18:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Apart from the circles in which people think you can save the world just by buying a car powered by batteries, some folks are baking their noodles, trying to figure out how to make that truly possible. The demand increase raised raw material prices...
19 Nov 2022, 15:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / China has an interesting peculiarity when it comes to the car market: all vehicles show up on the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) before they are officially revealed. We saw several new projects when they were about t...
19 Nov 2022, 12:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elon Musk anticipated the wide release of Full Self-Driving (FSD). Previously expected to happen only with FSD 11, the Tesla CEO has announced on Twitter it will actually be the case with FSD 10.69.3.1. Instead of the current 100,000 testing the be...
19 Nov 2022, 11:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla sells expensive vehicles. Despite that, considering it a luxury brand is controversial, not only for the quality issues its EVs present but also because nothing about their fit and finish is premium. That did not stop Kelley Blue Book (KBB) f...
18 Nov 2022, 21:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On November 10, we shared with our readers an intriguing story about how the Rivian R1T’s headlights did not deal very well with wet snow. Owners complained that it would freeze in front of the lenses, reducing their illumination capacity. Ir...
18 Nov 2022, 17:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NIO is rapidly expanding its battery-swapping network in Europe. After establishing the NIO Power Europe Plant in Hungary, it shipped the first batch of Power Swap Stations (PSSs) on September 16. It went to Germany, where the first PSS was opened ...
18 Nov 2022, 10:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Herbert Diess was the Volkswagen Group CEO, the company announced it would invest €2 billion ($2.069 billion at the current exchange rate) to build a new factory for Project Trinity. It would manufacture a sedan at the same pace Tesla all...
17 Nov 2022, 23:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / General Motors will reveal the new Chevrolet Montana in Brazil on December 1. Although we are only 13 days from checking it out completely, the automaker teased a body part we had not seen yet: the unibody pickup truck’s rear end. The imag...
17 Nov 2022, 22:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In October 2016, the Polish state-owned energy companies Energa, Enea, Tauron, and PGE founded a new electric carmaker called ElectroMobility Poland (EMP). On July 28, 2020, the company presented the brand under which its cars would be sold: Izera....
17 Nov 2022, 19:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Automotive startups – and also some large carmakers – often make promises they do not keep. Robotaxis, new products, and, above all, deadlines. Finding a company that meets goals on time is rare – even when it establishes itself. ...
17 Nov 2022, 14:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Alpha Motors has been more productive in presenting CGI than providing credible plans for the multiple vehicles it said it wanted to sell. So far, it has shown seven tentative models and a total of 14 derivatives, apart from accessories for cars it...
17 Nov 2022, 11:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The government does not differentiate plug-in hybrids from battery electric cars in China. They are all called new energy vehicles (NEVs). On November 16, BYD celebrated a massive milestone: the production of its 3 millionth NEV, a BYD Seal. More t...
16 Nov 2022, 20:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If Tesla is being sued and investigated in the U.S. by government agencies, investors, customers, and employees, it is striking back – at least in China. The company recently won a defamation lawsuit against a client who claimed Tesla never g...