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5 Jul 2022, 11:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The GAC Group held its Tech Day on June 28. Among the multiple things the Chinese carmaker presented, one really deserved our attention: the SmLFP technology. As you have probably already guessed, it has to do with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell...
4 Jul 2022, 21:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NIO started selling the ES8 on June 28, 2018. On that same day, it started offering its battery-swapping service. Four years after that, the Chinese company celebrated amazing numbers: 9.7 million battery swaps in 997 stations. We called it that th...
4 Jul 2022, 16:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla tried to apply the "move fast and break stuff" motto from the software industry to cars. There are strong signs that this strategy did not go well, as multiple quality issues popped up, and now even a new factory had to stop product...
4 Jul 2022, 15:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Drako Motors recently surprised us by disclosing its second product will be an SUV with gullwing doors. Although it has two rows of seats, the Drako Dragon will have only a single door on each side, giving access to both of them. Sadly for Drako, i...
4 Jul 2022, 12:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elon Musk said in an interview that Giga Grünheide and Giga Austin were currently losing an insane amount of money. He even compared them to money furnaces. On July 4, Bild revealed that Tesla would close its German plant to fix some productio...
4 Jul 2022, 11:32 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On June 28, SAIC revealed the first images of its new European launch: the MG4 EV, which is called MG Mulan in China. We learned almost everything we needed to apart from the wheelbase and pricing. Bearing a badge conceived in the UK, the MG4 EV ha...
4 Jul 2022, 09:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On July 1, Geely shared the first official pictures of its new electric pickup truck. So far, only the brand’s name has been revealed, and we talked about it on June 18: it’s called Radar. Luckily, we also have some pictures of the undi...
2 Jul 2022, 08:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We know the automotive industry has to make the most of its projects: it is a way to amortize the investment as soon as possible. However, there should be a limit on how many versions a given project can have, especially in China. The Dongfeng Nano...
1 Jul 2022, 17:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Shortly after PSA bought Opel and Vauxhall, it managed to give these companies something GM didn’t achieve with them for years: profitability. With Stellantis, the idea is still to make the most of each brand’s resources and deliver sta...
1 Jul 2022, 15:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla is facing at least ten lawsuits for racism right now with the latest one. The San Francisco Chronicle said that more than a dozen former and current employees are suing the company for that reason, sexual harassment, and putting African Ameri...
1 Jul 2022, 10:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volvo seized the opportunity presented by a new business development to show the Embla once again. The XC90 successor appears multiple times in an image the Swedish carmaker disclosed to announce that it will build its third European plant. After T...
30 Jun 2022, 19:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In November 2021, Drako Motors teased its second vehicle with images that suggested it would be an improved GTE. The part about improvements may fit well with the higher power this vehicle will present: 2,000 hp instead of the 1,200 hp that the GTE...
30 Jun 2022, 14:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The original BMW i3 was an innovative little car. It had a carbon fiber body designed to protect its occupants and an aluminum chassis that was supposed to make it lighter. It was the first electric car with a range extender to reach a broader publ...
30 Jun 2022, 13:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Green NCAP is still perfecting its evaluation method. After granting all the electric cars it tested five starts, with ten points in energy efficiency, it started sorting out the most and the least efficient EVs, as it should. That apparently prove...
30 Jun 2022, 10:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / VinFast will have a factory in North Carolina pumping out electric vehicles by 2024. Apart from the VF 8 and VF 9, the company is studying other options, and it does not discard electric pickup trucks, as Craig Westbrook said at an Automotive Press...
30 Jun 2022, 08:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / At first, BMW said the electric version of the current BMW 3 Series would be made exclusively in China. That obviously does not include its second generation. The next i3 – yes, that’s what it is called – will also hit the America...
29 Jun 2022, 23:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) stayed without an administrator from January 2017 – when Donald Trump was inaugurated president of the U.S. – until May 26, 2022. That was when Steven Cliff was confirmed for th...
29 Jun 2022, 22:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The American market had unibody pickup trucks before the Ford Maverick, but it was its success that made more manufacturers pay more attention to that segment. While we still do not know if the Chevrolet Montana will be sold in the U.S., GM is prom...
29 Jun 2022, 16:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / One of Tesla’s most significant competitive advantages is the Supercharging network. Thanks to it, the company showed electric cars could try to challenge combustion-engined vehicles on long journeys. However, it seems Tesla is not taking pro...
29 Jun 2022, 12:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Second-class life is an expression I coined when two events combined: Global NCAP crash tests and vehicles sold both in developed and developing countries. They allowed journalists to compare how the same model could offer diverse protection levels...