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16 Aug 2021, 14:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Rich Benoit and Steven Salowsky confirmed that salvaged Model 3 units were able to supercharge again, they probably had no idea how soon that would change again. Apparently, all it took was publishing the video. Other Model 3 owners got in tou...
16 Aug 2021, 11:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Lamborghini decided to transform an Aventador into the new Countach, retro designs are back into automotive discussions. Among the many vehicles that deserve a second generation is the M1, which BMW “brought back” more than once. ...
16 Aug 2021, 09:08 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If anyone ever wanted to do a video, to sum up the issues with the Tesla Model 3, Rich Benoit arrived first. His latest one at the Rich Rebuilds channel presented three of the most common problems with the car all at once, and only one of them was ...
13 Aug 2021, 19:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / What can the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 and the Everrati Signature have in common? Apart from four tires, seats, and a steering wheel, very little, but the Porsche 911 conversion made by the British company made us see why Stephan Winkelmann wa...
13 Aug 2021, 18:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It may not look like that, but the Lamborghini Countach celebrated 50 years in 2021. It was first presented when it did not even have that name, just the codename LP112 and the name that it bore at the Geneva Motor Show in 1971: LP500 Concept. It w...
13 Aug 2021, 15:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aptera officially announced its resurrection almost two years ago, by the end of August 2019. Since then, it has already presented one prototype and the commitment not to die again. After its first Alpha prototype, called Noir, the company revealed...
13 Aug 2021, 13:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Using hydrogen for transportation is criticized by many. It would not be as energy-efficient as batteries, and a recent study even pointed out that producing it can be more pollutant than just burning the natural gas from where it is extracted. One...
13 Aug 2021, 05:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When you bring back a powerful nameplate to life, the best stage to announce that is probably the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegace. Lamborghini will present there the new Countach LPI 800-4. Audi will show the skysphere, its reinterpretation o...
12 Aug 2021, 17:28 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / For some, buying a Tesla would be like a dream. For Sergio Rodriguez, it turned into a bitter experience not only once but twice. His first Tesla Model X got famous worldwide when it presented a bizarre water leak on the A-pillar: water gushed from...
12 Aug 2021, 15:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Lamborghini wanted to make a big splash at the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance by revealing the Countach LPI 800-4 on August 13. Sadly for the automaker, Worldcoop and Cochespias obtained the first official images and shared them on its Inst...
12 Aug 2021, 14:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Chinese carmakers were known for copying famous foreign designs. When it seemed they would no longer do that in pursuit of their own design languages, Chery confirmed it is not following the same path. In fact, it chose an unusual one: copying anot...
12 Aug 2021, 10:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rumors that Nio would create an affordable brand have been circulating for quite a while. It took Nio’s Q2 2021 earnings call for the company’s founder to confirm they were true. According to William Li, the new brand will be to Nio wha...
12 Aug 2021, 08:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elon Musk must feel like an older brother to new EV companies. At least, that is how he behaved regarding Rivian’s plans to establish a second plant in the U.S. In a tweet (obviously), he said the competitor should be concerned about getting ...
11 Aug 2021, 19:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In previous articles, we already said that the fate of automotive jobs is sealed. Electric cars will demand fewer people to be manufactured. That will impact suppliers the most, but legacy automakers are also taking precautions, as Ford and Honda m...
11 Aug 2021, 17:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / With the debates around the H.R. 3684 - Invest in America Act, automakers may have thought money would flow without limits for their EV enterprises. Well, the U.S. Senate showed it would not be that easy after approving a non-binding amendment to t...
11 Aug 2021, 14:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rivian is willing to spend serious money on its new factory, known so far only by the codename Project Tera. The EV startup plans to spend $5 billion to have two plants in the same land: one for its cars and another for batteries. After Reuters sai...
11 Aug 2021, 12:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Apart from the i-MiEV, Mitsubishi had not presented another electric car until now. It is just a pity that it went with badge engineering to offer its second one: the Aitrek, for the Chinese market. The new vehicle is basically a GAC AION V with a ...
11 Aug 2021, 09:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla advocates were sure that the Cybertruck would arrive earlier than the Rivian R1T. One million reservations later, reality knocked on their doors, warning that it will not happen without the 4680 cells. Rivian has also postponed deliveries of ...
10 Aug 2021, 21:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ford’s melancholic end of production in Brazil was made even worse thanks to multiple disappointments that followed suit. Workers wanted to see the company’s factories in another automaker’s hands, but no attempt to get a buyer fr...
10 Aug 2021, 18:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Audi really thought that its reinterpretation of the Horch 853A would shape the future. We expected it to reveal more about the Artemis project. In the end, all of the people involved in this story were wrong. The skysphere is another concept with ...