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4 Jan 2022, 11:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We are yet to talk in more depth about the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX, as promised. Despite that, we found time to share a fantastic idea Theottle had. He remembered a 2018 concept car and mated it to the German brand’s most efficient vehicle ...
4 Jan 2022, 11:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If you have not read about the Uyghur so far, they are a Muslim minority from Xinjiang (in China) that has been under strict surveillance since 2014. The Chinese government has created “vocational education and training centers” accused...
4 Jan 2022, 11:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In August 2021, Ford said it would double its production capacity for the F-150 Lightning from 40,000 units per year to 80,000 electric pickup trucks by 2024. Now, Ford said it would make 150,000 units per year. Unlike the news from August, we have...
4 Jan 2022, 09:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When we last spoke about StoreDot in November 2021, we said the Israeli battery startup should disclose which automakers are partnering with it. At the time, StoreDot said it was shipping A-samples to car companies, but that was too generic to insp...
3 Jan 2022, 18:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Mercedes-Benz disclosed its most efficient vehicle ever, the VISION EQXX. With a drag coefficient of only 0.17 and license plates, it seemed like a road-legal car able to reach 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of range with a 100 kWh battery pack. Alth...
2 Jan 2022, 20:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jack Johnson teaches children (and adults) that three is a magic number. When it comes to the automotive industry, there are many others. For Tesla, it is 1 million. It has already reached that landmark in terms of absolute production, but it is ye...
1 Jan 2022, 19:32 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We know Tesla’s plans for the 4680 cells by heart. It would first power the Cybertruck by the end of 2021, perhaps simultaneously to the Model Y made in Giga Grünheide. After that, the Model Y in Giga Austin, the Semi, and the new Roadst...
1 Jan 2022, 10:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If TVR were to compete with any brand regarding how many times it went bust and got back to business, it would probably find a match in Spyker. Now that TVR is planning to return (again), Spyker has also released news that two Russian investors wou...
31 Dec 2021, 20:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / I have been debating the war on cars for quite a while in my career. The first journalism prize I won was for an article asking why cars have to be eliminated for some people to be happy. Those guys think only walking, biking, or public transportat...
31 Dec 2021, 10:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla warned NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) of two massive recalls in the U.S. on December 21. There are 119,009 Model S units affected by a frunk problem and 356,309 Model 3s with a coaxial cable stress case that can kill r...
31 Dec 2021, 00:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On August 9, 2021, we told our readers that the IAC (Insurance Association of China) was discussing the inclusion of spontaneous fire coverage in EV insurances in the country. At the time, we were not aware of the association’s plans: to crea...
30 Dec 2021, 21:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Car buying advice is one of the automotive writers’ most frequent tasks. Not the ones contained in our texts but rather the tips friends and family ask us. We do not get money for that, but the pay is to see people satisfied with their choice...
30 Dec 2021, 18:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The repercussions of Tuomas Katainen blowing up his 2013 Tesla Model S in Finland will reverberate a lot longer than the act itself. The extreme attitude led to multiple discussions around battery pack replacement costs, and Gruber Motors decided t...
30 Dec 2021, 16:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Renault is having a hard time establishing itself in China. First, it sold its joint venture with Dongfeng Motor in April 2020 because it was losing money. The company’s second joint venture, with Brilliance Auto, also failed to deliver good ...
30 Dec 2021, 15:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The “deliver now, fix later” Tesla policy is so known that people even question if the company tests its cars enough before putting them for sale. Tesla’s newest recall will reinforce those suspicions because it is not related to ...
29 Dec 2021, 23:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We’ll get to know Mercedes-Benz’s most efficient car ever on January 3. As that date draws closer for the VISION EQXX reveal, the German carmaker surprised us by releasing a web series on YouTube. It describes the EV creation process as...
29 Dec 2021, 21:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A lot of people think the BMW iX is a hideous thing. The i4 is a much, much better-looking machine. According to Oliver Zipse, that does not make any difference: both of them are sold out for months, meaning that anyone willing to buy one of these ...
29 Dec 2021, 13:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla vehicles are known as much for being fast as for presenting chronic issues. Water leaks, paint problems, spontaneously-breaking glasses, MCU failures, and a long etcetera are now joined by something we have never reported: rust in front reinf...
29 Dec 2021, 09:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Northvolt proudly revealed on December 29 what it says is the first lithium-ion battery “fully designed, developed, and assembled at a gigafactory by a homegrown European battery company.” Although it is indeed all this, it could also b...
28 Dec 2021, 23:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There’s no such thing as an autonomous car nowadays, but Waymo is getting closer and closer to offering that tech. With that in mind, it decided to leave vehicle development with people who know how to do it to focus on the technology itself....