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27 Jan 2022, 11:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rivian said in December 2021 that it would probably not meet its production targets until the end of 2021. It aimed at 1,200, but the supply chain crisis did not help. Even so, the company manufactured 1,015 EVs and delivered 920 with a production ...
27 Jan 2022, 10:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / As Reuters anticipated, Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi indeed announced a joint plan to promote electrification. However, the numbers were a little off. They will not invest €30 billion ($33.6 billion at the current exchange rate) but €2...
27 Jan 2022, 01:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla finished its Q4 2021 earnings call in a very predictable way. Elon Musk promised Level 4 autonomy this year while stuttering and repeating “yeah,” “so,” and “huh,” blamed a focus on output to postpone new p...
26 Jan 2022, 20:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The official presentation of the GMA (Gordon Murray Automotive) T.33 is just some hours away. On January 27, we will learn everything Gordon Murray conceived for his ideal grand tourer. However, GMA shared at least two aspects of the new vehicle: i...
26 Jan 2022, 18:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When NIO revealed its 75-kWh hybrid battery pack on September 23, 2021, we were left with a couple of doubts about it. Which was the chemistry of the ternary cells? How were they arranged? The Chinese automaker solved them with a very educational v...
26 Jan 2022, 17:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Trevor Milton’s defense is asking Nikola and the federal prosecutors to access the prototypes and vehicles he is accused of having lied about. The Nikola founder intends to prove that he was not lying about them. We’re not sure he ever ...
26 Jan 2022, 15:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Brands are an essential asset for any company, and there’s a company that measures how strong and valuable they are. Brand Finance just released its latest rankings. Apart from the most valuable ones, an interesting measurement is for the fas...
26 Jan 2022, 08:28 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / States also compete against each other. To attract investments, tax breaks and incentives are all they got. An excellent example of how that works comes from GM and its recent investments in Michigan. Of the $7 billion the carmaker wants to invest ...
25 Jan 2022, 21:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After “The New York Times” revealed that Tesla allowed people to play video games while its cars were moving, we thought the EV maker would revert that decision really fast. It didn’t. Tesla only took measures one day after NHTSA ...
25 Jan 2022, 17:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It seems that Tesla Autopilot will also be under scrutiny in China. A Model 3 using the Level 2 ADAS (advanced driver-assistance systems) rear-ended a BYD Song Pro DM, getting stuck underneath the SUV. According to Autohome, two other vehicles woul...
25 Jan 2022, 14:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We were pretty confident that the Volkswagen ID. BUZZ prototypes that went from Hanover to Barcelona would be photographed multiple times along the way. Luckily, we have seen some images on social media and can confirm that the prototypes are alrea...
25 Jan 2022, 11:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In some areas of London, you can only get to drive combustion-engined vehicles if you pay the congestion charge. That made cars such as the classic Mini disappear from places such as Oxford Street or Piccadilly Circus. BMW is now proposing somethin...
25 Jan 2022, 08:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Renault made a deal with Geely to produce CMA products in its South Korean plant, that showed the French company does not want to rely on the Alliance anymore. Despite that, the three automakers that form it will still try to make the most of...
24 Jan 2022, 22:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jason Levine has been an active advocate for traffic safety and better cars for all the time he was ahead of the Center for Auto Safety. Founded in 1970 by Ralph Nader and Consumer Union, the center has been crucial in bringing attention to multipl...
24 Jan 2022, 19:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Reuters revealed that the Tesla Cybertruck would only be manufactured from March 2023, Tesla fans started trying to change the subject. They share “leaked” images of the prototype, insist that Pepsico will get Semi units soon, tha...
24 Jan 2022, 16:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Dongfeng is practically unknown outside of China and some other markets in which it sells its cars. Despite that, the Chinese automaker may become world-famous after announcing it released the first electric cars with solid-state batteries. For suc...
24 Jan 2022, 13:08 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Unlike BMW, NIO and XPeng seem convinced that massive casting parts may give them a manufacturing edge. Although they have not confessed they would adopt such components, some hints point in that direction, according to CNEVPost. Everything would b...
24 Jan 2022, 09:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / People in search of an electric crossover now have quite some options available. Apart from the Tesla Model Y, there’s also the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Kia EV6, and the Hyundai IONIQ 5. Edmunds put the Tesla against the Hyundai in its latest...
23 Jan 2022, 23:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Worrying about numbers instead of the quality of its products made Tesla fall into a trap that is set on its own. Rich Benoit gives another example of how serious that is with his latest video on the quality of Tesla servicing. When you finish watc...
23 Jan 2022, 20:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NIO is doing an excellent job at presenting itself to Norwegian customers. After opening its first battery-swapping station outside China, the company also promoted a virtual meeting between William Li, Marius Hayler, the general manager of NI...