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8 Nov 2022, 20:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If every car ever promised would have made it to the production lines, we would probably have run out of all raw materials on the planet. Joking aside, the automotive world has seen so many fabulous new cars that don’t exist it even created a...
8 Nov 2022, 17:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Battery electric trucks are yet to prove they make any sense. The higher weight prevents them from carrying the same loads as a competitor powered by a combustion engine. The charging wait time their massive battery packs present is equivalent to d...
8 Nov 2022, 14:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Foxconn is not done funding Lordstown. After it purchased its factory in Ohio for $230 million and promised to invest $100 million in a joint venture in May, it will now invest up to $70 million more in the American startup by purchasing Lordstown ...
8 Nov 2022, 10:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rivian started deliveries of its electric delivery vans to Amazon in July. Since then, the EDVs have already delivered more than 5 million packages. According to the company, it is approaching its first holiday season with more than 1,000 units of ...
7 Nov 2022, 21:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Geely does not want to dominate only car markets. The owner of Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, Smart, LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company), ZEEKR, Radar, and Geely (of course) also created Farizon. The commercial vehicle brand is dedicated to new energy ...
7 Nov 2022, 19:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Of all the automotive industry’s stories, there is probably not one more complicated than that of Renault’s alliance with Nissan. After Carlos Ghosn spared the Japanese carmaker from bankruptcy, he started implementing synergies that sa...
7 Nov 2022, 17:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Green NCAP tests are only made with rental vehicles because they have to have a certain mileage before emissions and efficiency can be measured appropriately. We thought this was what was delaying a test with Tesla vehicles, but the wait is finally...
7 Nov 2022, 12:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Anyone who takes the stock market as a reference for anything else other than share prices should learn two important lessons. One is how volatile it is: a company now worth billions may lose a lot of market cap with any bad news. The other is that...
6 Nov 2022, 14:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Anyone buying an electric car to save the planet needs to remember they engage in the same cycle that has depleted it in the first place. The only company willing to tackle the need for more natural resources endlessly was Riversimple until very re...
4 Nov 2022, 22:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ask any “alfista” which is its favorite Alfa Romeo, and you may get a different answer from every single one. Some will tell you about the 1952 Disco Volante, others about the gorgeous 6C 2500, and so forth. If you ask us which Alfa Rom...
4 Nov 2022, 18:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aptera has already shown several times it has a very unconventional approach to personal transportation. The solar trike tackled all three pillars of energy efficiency at once: mass, aerodynamics, and propulsion. This is why it has a body-in-carbon...
4 Nov 2022, 09:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When we talk about battery manufacturers, we usually mention CATL, LG Energy Solution, BYD, Panasonic, SK Innovation, and Samsung. You probably have never heard about China Aviation Lithium Battery Technology – CALB, for short. However, this ...
3 Nov 2022, 19:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / ZEEKR began its life in the most unusual way. Geely took the Lynk & Co Zero Concept and decided to turn it into a new car from a new brand in 2021. Since the beginning, the idea seemed to be selling it in Europe and the U.S. At least part of th...
3 Nov 2022, 17:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We often write here about how important it is to develop battery technology. The current state of things gave us some electric vehicles, but they have intrinsic issues that will hinder wider adoption – starting with cost. A startup called EC ...
3 Nov 2022, 09:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On November 4, 2021, SES set fire to the discussions involving solid-state cells when it said it gave up on doing them because they were not feasible. QuantumScape keeps saying it will mass-produce one by 2024 or 2025. Toyota and Nissan are a bit m...
2 Nov 2022, 21:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On January 19, we told our readers about a fatal crash involving Autopilot. On December 19, 2019, Kevin George Aziz Riad activated Autopilot in his Tesla Model S. When the car left a freeway at high speed in Gardena, Los Angeles, it ran a red light...
2 Nov 2022, 17:50 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Irony is always elaborate, but it may have broken new records for that quality in Brazil. Ford announced on January 11, 2021, that it would close three factories in Brazil. The largest one was in Camaçari, Bahia. The company justified that b...
2 Nov 2022, 15:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Leonard Yankelovich promised he would share news about the FreZe as soon as it was ready. Call him a man of his word: the DARTZ founder and CEO sent us exclusive images of the FreZe Froggy EV BeachStar The Winners Edition – the EV brand&rsquo...
31 Oct 2022, 21:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In the 1990s, Fiat did really well in the Brazilian market after realizing it could sell taller vehicles as if they were real SUVs. The Italian brand called these derivatives Adventure, and they were regular cars with more ground clearance and a mo...
31 Oct 2022, 19:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There are some critical road rules that any road user should know. The more fragile users have a preference, meaning that car drivers must care for motorcycle riders, who must protect bicycle riders, and all of them must pay careful attention to pe...