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18 Jan 2022, 09:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When we first watched a video from NY Actions of a Tesla Model 3 crash, the circumstances suggested FSD could be involved. However, a more thorough analysis of the video and a chat with the NYPD/DCPI helped us to conclude excess speed and lack of d...
17 Jan 2022, 23:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / April Gillmore is the kind of woman that likes cars and knows them well. Before buying a 2022 Tesla Model 3 Performance, she owned a Mercedes-Benz C300 4MATIC but wanted something more exciting. After checking some Audi S4 and RS5 units for sale, s...
17 Jan 2022, 19:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / About a year ago, Bloomberg revealed that Lucid would be discussing a factory in Saudi Arabia. In March 2021, The Wall Street Journal published that Lucid had promised to build such a plant there in order to receive investments from PIF (Public Inv...
17 Jan 2022, 17:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla owners in cold-weather regions are now tired of waiting for solutions or explanations for having no heating in their cars. Transport Canada is investigating the situation, NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) is discussing t...
17 Jan 2022, 15:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / With the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV success, competitors are all trying to copy its recipe in the Chinese market. The most flagrant “tribute” to the EV sales champion is the Chery Ice Cream. If you want ice cream, Wuling now also sells it...
17 Jan 2022, 10:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A full-page ad on the Sunday edition of The New York Times is not exactly cheap. In other words, anyone that pays for one of these means business, and that’s what the Dawn Project is targeting with the Tesla FSD (Full Self-Driving) software. ...
15 Jan 2022, 18:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There are a few curious things about Bollinger. The first is that its naming strategy reminds us of Bananas in Pyjamas, with B1 and B2 as their vehicles. The second is the boxy design, but we now have a third one to add. Due to demand for commercia...
14 Jan 2022, 20:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When a woman decided to have solar panels in her house in Northern California, she ran away from small startups in the solar space. She wanted “a company that was firmly established” and “could service the products if something we...
14 Jan 2022, 14:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla’s recalls for the Model 3 and Model S are still a mystery regarding how many units they have affected. After being announced in the U.S., they expanded to China, which showed that Model 3 units made in that country also presented issues...
14 Jan 2022, 11:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We first told you about NIUTRON on December 28. Yinan Li, a founder of NIU, thought that four wheels are better than two and decided to create his own car brand. We must say it was fast: the startup presented its first vehicle on January 12. Called...
14 Jan 2022, 07:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla used to say how much the Cybertruck would cost and when it would be produced on its website. In October 2021, it deleted the price references and changed the production schedule for 2022. More recently, it removed “in 2022” from t...
13 Jan 2022, 23:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla received authorization to produce 250 Model Y bodies in its new German factory in Grünheide last fall. LfU (Landesamt für Umwelt, or State Office for the Environment) allowed it to test manufacturing there, but these first units wou...
13 Jan 2022, 18:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / DARTZ has found a place for itself in the automotive world by offering opulence and armored cars. After it announced it would create an electric vehicle, the company disclosed a new special edition of the Prombron Black Alligator MMXX called Black ...
13 Jan 2022, 15:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Honda already revealed the third-generation HR-V in Japan, China, Thailand, and Europe. The only major market that still gets the second generation of the crossover is the U.S., but that is about to change soon. The Japanese carmaker teased the thi...
12 Jan 2022, 23:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In Canada, the entity responsible for evaluating vehicle recalls is Transport Canada, the country’s transportation department. After writing about Tesla’s issues with heating the cabin of multiple cars, autoevolution contacted Transport...
12 Jan 2022, 23:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / French brands always wanted to enter the American market and be competitive there. When Stellantis was created, that was accomplished without the need to offer new brands in the U.S. It was just a matter of having a big slice of the automakers that...
12 Jan 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Our frequent readers already know Han Chao. Once a Tesla customer, he sued it for fraud, won the lawsuit, and was sued by Tesla for defamation. If the EV maker wanted to intimidate him, it backfired: Han Chao became famous in China and is sharing n...
12 Jan 2022, 14:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Putting used battery packs to work as stationary energy storage systems is nothing new. BMW did that in Brazil to create solar charging stations with used i3 battery packs. Audi and RWE announced doing that on December 22, but the real news here is...
12 Jan 2022, 12:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Porsche customers range from those buying a Macan to those with more than one 911 in their garages. Yet, the company knows they all have one thing in common: these folks like to drive. This would be why Porsche decided against being part of the Art...
12 Jan 2022, 09:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Dizygotic twins are more commonly known as fraternal twins. If there was an equivalent for them in the automotive world, that would be cars from different brands made over the same platform. Stellantis already has the Peugeot 308 and the Opel Astra...