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15 Aug 2023, 23:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Early adopters are necessary to test new technology and eventually see it go mainstream. At the same time, these guys sacrifice themselves for the privilege of being the first ones to try that tech. Till Westberg's story is a cautionary tale a...
15 Aug 2023, 09:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Some people marvel at coincidences, while others believe they do not exist: these events would be God's way of calling your attention to something important, which would eliminate the random effect that defines them as coincidences. Whatever y...
12 Aug 2023, 18:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A blaze on June 23 destroyed five Tre BEV trucks at Nikola's headquarters in Phoenix. At first, the company said it suspected foul play because of a vehicle parked nearby that left soon after the fire started. However, Electrek revealed that R...
12 Aug 2023, 09:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Internal combustion engine (ICE) cars have fuel tanks and their reserves. The latter is the bottom 10% to 15% main reservoir capacity. Older vehicles warn about reaching the reserve by turning a warning light on, while onboard computers inform the ...
11 Aug 2023, 20:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Volkswagen revealed the ID. Buzz, people saw it as the successor of the VW Bus (the T1 and T2). However, the electric MPV only shares the nostalgic styling and being an RWD with the first Transporter. Fans of the new vehicle who were hoping to...
11 Aug 2023, 11:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / I have written more than once about how Tesla established the battery electric vehicle (BEV) model that all automakers follow nowadays and how that standard may be flawed. The company was the first one to use thousands of ternary cells to create a ...
10 Aug 2023, 11:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On May 19, I published an article about companies that armor Tesla vehicles. Clearly, being bullet-proof was not all these battery electric vehicles (BEVs) needed to offer. The added weight significantly reduced their ranges, which is also a safety...
8 Aug 2023, 14:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) had more than just the $7,500 tax credit for new battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Advocates of these cars also celebrated the $4,000 tax credit for used BEVs that cost up to $25,000: it would promote clean mobilit...
7 Aug 2023, 18:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In March, I used Amprius silicon anode cells as an example of how far lithium-ion cells were from mature battery technologies. In other words, a cell with twice as much gravimetric energy density as the most used ones in battery electric vehicles (...
6 Aug 2023, 14:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Nikola had the help of Biagi Bros to validate its fuel cell truck. Things have apparently gone well enough for series production to start on July 31. Customers will receive the first Tre FCEV units in September. Too bad that Michael Lohscheller wil...
4 Aug 2023, 17:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volkswagen started its EV push by suggesting that its first dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV) platform would be sold to smaller companies willing to make this sort of car. In a way, the German automaker expected to repeat what happened with ...
4 Aug 2023, 07:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On July 27, Reuters published an investigation revealing that Elon Musk ordered Tesla's software engineers to always present the best possible range these cars could have. That led customers to complain their vehicles were not delivering what ...
3 Aug 2023, 19:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We already know that Elon Musk tried to make Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) look better than they really are for years. He repeated Tesla would sell robotaxis more than once. The Tesla CEO also dictated a misleading text in an edited video c...
1 Aug 2023, 17:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla has a new preliminary evaluation (PE) going on with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). After receiving "twelve complaints alleging loss of steering control and power steering," the safety regulator decided t...
31 Jul 2023, 20:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On February 16, 2022, a fire broke out inside the Felicity Ace. This roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) cargo ship was carrying 3,965 cars from the Volkswagen group to the US. Several battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were also inside, which made captain Jo&at...
31 Jul 2023, 18:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Hansjörg von Gemmingen achieved 1 million miles with his Model S, he said he would buy a Lucid Air. It seemed he was bidding farewell to Tesla, which has done very little for this record-breaker instead of learning from everything that we...
31 Jul 2023, 10:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Early Model 3 owners answered a Bloomberg survey in 2019 and again in 2023. The main difference Bloomberg noticed was the perception people had about Elon Musk. Among the spontaneous comments on the Tesla CEO in the latest survey, one caught my att...
29 Jul 2023, 08:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The last time I spoke about Neocarbonix, the solution Nanoramic had developed to create composite electrodes was supposed to reach the market in 2023. So far, it has received a $3.6-million contract and a strategic investment from GM Ventures to ev...
28 Jul 2023, 11:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In 2019, Bloomberg did a survey with Model 3 owners to understand how their experiences with Tesla's first high-volume car were going. At the time, the electric sedan had been on the streets for only around two years and was selling like hotca...
27 Jul 2023, 21:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Until very recently, QuantumScape only talked about the commercial presentation of its first cell as a target. That changed in its last letter to shareholders, which was about Q2 2023 results. We now have a name for the first solid-state platform...