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23 Sep 2021, 21:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NHTSA had just announced it would investigate Tesla cars on Autopilot crashing against emergency vehicles when another wreck happened. It happened in Orlando on August 28. Almost one month later, the FHP (Florida Highway Patrol) Orlando released th...
23 Sep 2021, 12:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The AER (Australian Energy Regulator) filed a lawsuit against the Tesla Big Battery in Australia’s Federal Court. The regulator alleges that the Hornsdale Power Reserve – Tesla Big Battery’s official name – did not keep the ...
23 Sep 2021, 10:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NIO started its career with 70-kWh and 85-kWh swappable battery packs. As time went by, the 85-kWh battery pack was replaced by a 100-kWh unit. Rumors about a new battery pack to replace the 70-kWh component said it would come with LFP (lithium iro...
23 Sep 2021, 06:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elon Musk is planning to throw a party on October 9 at Giga Grünheide. Called Giga Fest on the page address that announces it and County Fair on the page itself, it would present the factory to residents. That’s a very diverse attitude c...
22 Sep 2021, 21:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ford announced this September 22 that it will join forces with Redwood Materials to recycle battery packs. The company founded by JB Straubel may give Ford an edge when it comes to recovering raw materials from old battery packs. However, the autom...
22 Sep 2021, 18:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / You may have never heard of the MOTIV Quadricycle. Presented in March 2020, the vehicle conceived by Gordon Murray Design may one day become an autonomous pod for a single passenger. While the technology is not there yet, what the MOTIV can offer a...
22 Sep 2021, 16:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / September 22 is not only the day in which we wave goodbye to summer and welcome autumn. It also became the World Car Free Day. Created to show that we can go places without passenger vehicles, it is celebrated all over the world in traffic jams wit...
22 Sep 2021, 09:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A recent Battery Life video caused some controversy after Christian Stadler stated his VW ID.3 may have lost around 9% of battery capacity in only one year and 22,644 kilometers (14,070 miles) of use. The Youtuber made a follow-up video to discuss ...
21 Sep 2021, 22:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Adam Smith wrote “The Wealth of Nations” in 1776, he defended that countries would produce what they made best. That would make them specialize in certain goods, which they would sell to other countries. After a pandemic and the se...
21 Sep 2021, 21:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Some companies that sell cars like to say they are computers on wheels or that they are not automakers, but rather technology companies that sell cars. That may have the applause of folks who do not like driving. As people who love to be behind the...
21 Sep 2021, 19:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Although the automotive industry is running to cut carbon emissions, it is still considered one of the main villains for climate change. According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), transportation is responsible for 14% of man...
21 Sep 2021, 13:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Liza Dixon coined the expression autonowashing to refer to people and companies that make something look more autonomous than it really is. It was based on that concept that Mahmood Hikmet created a video to explain why Tesla and mainly Elon Musk a...
21 Sep 2021, 09:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Before Han Chao bought his certified used Model S P85 by the end of May 2019, Tesla told him it was never involved in any crashes and that it was approved in 200 tests. Despite that, the Chinese customer had so many issues with the vehicle that he ...
20 Sep 2021, 23:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / For most car buyers, BYD is just three letters together, and e-platform 3.0 must be new software for... whatever. We have been trying to warn them that both of them are big promises for electric cars. Thanks to this platform, the BYD Dolphin will b...
20 Sep 2021, 22:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Either LGES is a fast learner, or General Motors is a good teacher. Only a week ago, GM said that its engineers had the mission to “clean up the manufacturing process” LGES adopted for batteries. It would be done by implementing “...
20 Sep 2021, 19:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / De Tomaso was almost brought back to life multiple times. Not Alejandro, but the company the Argentinian driver founded. Luckily for the ones that love the Pantera and similar machines from the brand he created, the last attempt seems to be on trac...
20 Sep 2021, 17:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Jennifer Homendy became the chair of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board), we knew Tesla would be under even more scrutiny. The entity has been urging the company to adopt a safer approach with its autonomous driving quest for a lo...
20 Sep 2021, 14:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rich Benoit did not feel he had to address only Jason Hughes’ remarks about the Electrified Garage’s repair on a Tesla Model S battery pack. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, Tyler Hoover bought a Model S and had a...
19 Sep 2021, 05:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After talking about how Rivian and Lucid will change the landscape in the electric vehicle market, I realized that there’s something even more important to discuss. Yes, you will not expect great things related to EVs solely from Tesla anymor...
18 Sep 2021, 08:41 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Not long ago, Lucid said it expected its first product to have an EPA range of 517 miles (832 km). The awe about the Air was as loud as the teasing that a vehicle that is not for sale is as fictitious as any number it may present. On September 16, ...