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22 Aug 2022, 21:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The objective of this story is not to alert people that early adopters are also the ones that discover most issues a vehicle may present. That is just a helpful reminder. The main goal is to show that electric cars seem to have a significant proble...
22 Aug 2022, 18:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Cristina Balan has been fighting for years to clear her name in courts. Tesla accused her of embezzlement and kickbacks but still insists they have to solve their dispute in arbitration. In court, the case would be public, and people would know if ...
22 Aug 2022, 13:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A certain EV maker CEO once published a Master Plan that said it would “build a sports car,” “use that money to build an affordable car,” and “use that money to build an even more affordable car.” The same guy ca...
22 Aug 2022, 09:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Alfa Romeo Giulia is considered by car enthusiasts a true masterpiece. A special team named “Skunk Works” took care of its development and also came up with a new platform called Giorgio. Stellantis never revealed if it was a tribut...
22 Aug 2022, 00:08 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Bentley just made at least a whopping £29.7 million ($35.099 million at the current exchange rate) after selling all 18 units of the new Mulliner Batur even before it introduced its new car. The new automotive piece of jewelry starts at &poun...
19 Aug 2022, 18:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Lucid shared the name of its top derivative for the Air, we rushed to publish it to be among the first ones to have the information. It was not necessary: nobody talked about it until 1 PM EDT. On the other hand, most websites had all the info...
19 Aug 2022, 15:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In September 2020, Tesla owners shared what seemed to be the worst example of jerry-rigging we had ever seen. A brand-new Model Y had wood pieces and a plastic belt to hold its liquid-cooled condenser (LCC) – a component of its heat pump &nda...
19 Aug 2022, 11:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla states on its page about safety and security features that all Model 3 and Model Y came with cabin cameras, while only Model S and Model X units made after 2021 have them. Curiously, these cameras only started monitoring drive awareness in Ma...
19 Aug 2022, 03:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / As Alfred P. Sloan used to say, the automotive industry’s business is not to make cars: it is to make money making cars. To follow that premise, car companies practically killed station wagons. Hatchbacks are still popular in Europe but incre...
18 Aug 2022, 18:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We never knew that speed had shades. Yet, that’s exactly what Lucid said it would demonstrate on August 19 at The Quail, one of the world’s most famous motorsports gatherings and an essential part of the Monterey Car Week. The company w...
18 Aug 2022, 18:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The gap between Volkswagen and Skoda EVs in terms of software is increasingly more evident. The Czech company recently gave its vehicles ME3, an equivalent to the ID. Software 3.0. The difference is that electric cars from the German brand have had...
18 Aug 2022, 14:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Electric cars already have some concepts that are regarded as guidelines. Prismatic cells, for example: they are considered the ideal format because they are more compact, can increase energy density, and are easier to cool down. Cylindrical cells ...
18 Aug 2022, 09:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / BYD recently started selling the Atto3 in Cambodia and announced the Nic. Christiansen Group as its official distribution partner in Denmark. That shows how fast the Chinese company is expanding its sales, but it also makes it a concern that the BY...
17 Aug 2022, 18:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elon Musk has a long list of followers and people who think he wants to save the world instead of his own endeavors. This is why Rich Benoit and everyone else impressed with the blind faith involved in such beliefs usually call him Electric Jesus. ...
17 Aug 2022, 13:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / CATL announced it will build its second factory in Europe. With the first one being in Germany, the company decided it should have another in Hungary. The first manufacturer to receive them will be Mercedes-Benz, but there will be plenty for everyo...
16 Aug 2022, 22:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Lucid has been teasing a new derivative to its electric sedan since August 11. It all started with a tweet stating that “blue means go” and that people should expect something important to be revealed on August 19 at the Monterey Car We...
16 Aug 2022, 13:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Car magazines and a few websites have teams dedicated to testing vehicles on track, allowing them to verify automakers’ claims about their products. Sometimes, they seize multiple tests to create more content, which seems to be the case with ...
16 Aug 2022, 10:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Not long ago, DeLorean only had plans to electrify the DMC DeLorean, aka DMC-12 (its pre-production code). On February 14, the company tweeted about a new EV. We discovered that its new CEO was Joost de Vries, who used to work for Karma. DeLorean&r...
15 Aug 2022, 13:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Hyundai has plans to present a B-segment electric car to sell in Europe for around €20,000 ($20,391 at the current exchange rate). The IONIQ 2 (or whatever Hyundai decides to call it) should be roomy and capable, but what if it was a mash-up o...
15 Aug 2022, 10:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In December 2020, Volkswagen started delivering ID.3 units with software that allowed over-the-air (OTA) updates. This first one came only after March 2022, when ID. Software 3.0 started being installed in Volkswagen vehicles. Skoda took a lot more...