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11 Jul 2023, 10:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Many have declared that internal combustion engines (ICEs) are dead – myself included. However, the latest edition of the Vienna Motor Symposium gave Fritz Indra the certainty that the game is far from lost. Considered the ICE Pope by his fan...
10 Jul 2023, 14:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In August 2021, the first rumors about Renault getting rid of its internal combustion engine (ICE) operations emerged. At first, the French company would sell all its factories and ICEs to Geely and buy what it needed from the Chinese automaker. Co...
7 Jul 2023, 18:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / At the 2020 NIO Day – which was held in January 2021 – William Li said the ET7 would have a solid-state battery pack in 2022. Since then, we discovered that the cells would be made by Solid State Lion – a company that is now calle...
6 Jul 2023, 21:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Some episodes just show how detached politicians are from real life. Take Bruno Le Maire, the French Finance Minister. In an interview with BFM TV, Le Maire said Stellantis should produce the Peugeot e-208 in France out of "economic patriotism...
6 Jul 2023, 18:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When I first wrote about NamX and its SUV powered by fuel cells – the HUV – the startup said CapXs would provide hydrogen for its vehicles. These hydrogen capsules could be recharged at hydrogen stations, delivered to customers, or boug...
5 Jul 2023, 20:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In July 2021, the Stellantis EV Day revealed the four platforms the automaker would use in its electrification efforts: STLA Small, Medium, Large, and Frame. It also shared some technical parameters it would follow that we now know have changed a b...
5 Jul 2023, 11:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In November 2022, the first reports that BYD would buy a Ford factory in Brazil emerged. At the time, the Bahia government said the Chinese automaker would close the deal, but BYD rushed to say nothing was decided at that point. It took them eight ...
3 Jul 2023, 17:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If it were not for the EV1, we could say that General Motors arrived late to the electric car party. When it decided it wanted a piece of that market, things went very wrong with the Bolt EV and its massive battery pack recall. The automaker's...
30 Jun 2023, 09:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The push for people to buy battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is coming from all sources. Governments think that will help them achieve the Paris Agreement goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. Pushed by legislators, automakers also want customers to...
29 Jun 2023, 16:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Several people are concerned about the weight of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Their massive battery packs may represent a higher risk of serious injuries and death in crashes. In April, the British Parking Association warned that old parking b...
28 Jun 2023, 18:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Rich Benoit said he loved his Rivian R1T and wanted the company to survive, he gave a funny reason for that: he wanted to see Rivian owners flood the crowded Supercharging stations even more than they already are. Conversely, Tesla advocates c...
27 Jun 2023, 21:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Rich Benoit learned that his Rivian R1T had been hit a second time in the back, he shared a mind-blowing estimate: $37,475. His video talking about the issue went viral and got people discussing how the Tesla Cybertruck would be when it comes ...
27 Jun 2023, 14:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aston Martin does not make its own combustion engines. Instead, it made a deal with Mercedes-AMG to purchase its mills. With the electrification push, it was predictable that it would also happen to electric motors and other components for its batt...
26 Jun 2023, 21:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We go through life without duly thanking the thousands of people that made it easier and more comfortable. Just think about electric lamps and the telephone. How many times were you grateful to Thomas Edison or Graham Bell? What about now long-lost...
26 Jun 2023, 14:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The truck market is fascinating in the sense that it takes no nonsense: cost is king. That said, people are still trying to propose a feasible carbon-neutral alternative to diesel trucks. Electric semis do not seem to be a solution. Their battery p...
25 Jun 2023, 20:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Microcar buyers are getting more and more attractive propositions. The Microlino 2.0 and the city transformer are two good examples, but no microcar has ever proposed something as clever as what the GMA T.25 did back in 2010. It should have reached...
25 Jun 2023, 16:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NIO has just given an interesting and involuntary example of what may happen if anything goes wrong with its battery packs and swapping system. On June 25, a Power Swap 2.0 station saved a user from losing their BEV but did not prevent the componen...
25 Jun 2023, 10:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Scientists from the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics have published an impressive study. They have managed to create a lithium-ion cell that delivers 711.3 Wh/kg and 1,653.65 Wh/l, the highest energy densities ever achieved ...
24 Jun 2023, 17:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Autotrader released a new list to help customers willing to buy a battery electric vehicle (BEV). It includes the ten best BEVs available in 2023 and was composed of the car that scored higher in a series of requirements. Some people got surprised ...
24 Jun 2023, 10:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / J.D. Power released the results of the 2023 Initial Quality Study (IQS) in a concerned tone. The consumer insights company has never seen such a high number of problems per one hundred cars (PP100) as it has seen this year: an average of 192 PP100....