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23 Sep 2022, 19:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Aptera was conceived to be the most aerodynamic production EV in the world. When it was still in its first prototypes, the company said its drag coefficient was 0.13, the lowest we have ever heard about for something people may buy in the futur...
23 Sep 2022, 17:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We will not blame you if you have never heard about Rising Auto. The Chinese car brand is just one of the several brands SAIC has in the world’s largest market. Another one is MG, which explains why Rising Auto also sells the Marvel R, a vehi...
23 Sep 2022, 11:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We’ll probably never know if Elon Musk regrets not testing the Model S enough before putting it for sale. Any profits Tesla may have made with it have probably vanished with all repairs the company had to perform so far. In Austria, it tried ...
23 Sep 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rendering artists are lucky not to have to select a name for their creations. If, with each design they made, they had also to guess the name a future production vehicle would receive, Theottle would have a hard time with the Lotus Type 133. If the...
22 Sep 2022, 22:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We have been following Sakuú’s movements with curiosity. The company said it developed a method to make lithium-ion batteries with additive manufacturing. You probably know that technique as 3D printing. Sakuú also said it would...
22 Sep 2022, 18:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Sometimes, a major issue may be just right in front of your eyes and go unnoticed until someone sounds the alarm. That is what Mario Zelaya did when he shared that his 2013 Tesla Model S failed due to a design flaw: the AC drain hose, which drops w...
22 Sep 2022, 10:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On September 9, we told you that the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA, Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority) ordered Tesla to fix “abnormalities” in Autopilot’s software. WirtschaftsWoche revealed that but did not disclose w...
21 Sep 2022, 22:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla vehicles are not exactly famous for build quality, but the company is now presenting some very extreme signs that it urgently needs to improve that. Two Model S owners shared stories on Twitter and Facebook that justify the delivery inspectio...
21 Sep 2022, 17:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The stream of bad news about Tesla seems to be at a peak. Quality issues keep popping up. Racism and sexual harassment lawsuits present a bad picture of how it is to work for the company. Full Self-Driving and Autopilot are constantly hit by courts...
21 Sep 2022, 11:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The second-generation Renault Captur was introduced in July 2019. After three years, it is close to receiving a midlife refresh to wait for its third generation around 2025. Despite that, Mitsubishi decided to revive the ASX moniker with classic ba...
21 Sep 2022, 10:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A new fire involving Tesla Megapacks happened in Monterey County, California. This is the second blaze involving stationary energy storage devices from the EV maker. On July 30, 2021, a Megapack caught fire in the Victorian Big Battery in Victoria,...
21 Sep 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Ford presented the Mustang Mach-E, it began to turn its iconic pony car into a sub-brand. The American automaker recently showed it intends to take that even further by presenting sketches of a four-door version of the coupe. What if there is ...
20 Sep 2022, 21:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Every year, Tesla holds a meeting of stockholders and receives proposals from them. In the Schedule 14A Information document it files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it recommends rejecting all the ones related to reporting ...
20 Sep 2022, 18:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Hydrogen vehicles still need a reliable and widespread refueling network to offer an alternative to combustion-engined vehicles and electric cars. That did not stop Hyundai from creating the first mass-production fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) &...
20 Sep 2022, 09:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Mario Zelaya shared with us an issue in his 2013 Model S Performance that could be responsible for battery pack fires and failures. The AC drain hose sits over the steel fuse box cover. When water drops in that area, the cover rusts and allows the ...
19 Sep 2022, 23:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Everything is ready for Porsche to hit the stock market as a public company on September 29. According to Reuters, Volkswagen decided to list Porsche AG’s preferred shares at €76.50 to €82.50 per share. That will represent a market ...
19 Sep 2022, 22:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Trevor Milton is facing a trial for fraud accusations dating from when he was still the CEO of Nikola. For the company, the IAA 2022 was the best opportunity to mitigate any bad impressions caused by that situation. Nikola did not waste it: the sta...
19 Sep 2022, 12:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla vehicles are known for their chronic suspension issues. Keith Leech, also known as Keef Wivaneff, coined the expression Whompy Wheels to talk about the multiple Teslas he found in junkyards and auction lots with apparent suspension issues. Kn...
19 Sep 2022, 10:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It’s been a while since we first heard about a new BYD premium sub-brand. It would be called R (for Revolution) and make luxury SUVs, one of them able to compete with the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. A new vehicle will make that sub-brand even more...
18 Sep 2022, 17:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / At Tesla Battery Day, Elon Musk promised the new 4680 cells would be revolutionary. They would give the EV maker an edge that even the most promising car companies would only achieve many years from when Tesla first offered them. The first teardown...