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4 Aug 2021, 22:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Some people think that Tesla is innovative because of Elon Musk and that he saved it from going bankrupt. If “Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century” is correct, it may have survived despite Musk. Credit Doug Field for...
4 Aug 2021, 21:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / First, we had only a few measures to contain the spread of the international health crisis. You already know them by heart: use masks, wash your hands, keep at least 2 meters (6.6 feet) of distance from strangers. When vaccines emerged in recor...
4 Aug 2021, 18:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Ford announced it would go 100% electric by 2030 in Europe, it may have seemed these electrification plans were geographically limited. In May, Kumar Galhotra said he could see a point in which all Ford vehicles would be EVs, but he did not se...
4 Aug 2021, 16:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Reddit user BBFLG tried to ask for advice in a post on that social media. He crashed his 2020 Model X LR Plus on July 25 while using FSD in Northside Drive, Yosemite Valley, California. Rangers and local people told him three other Teslas had alrea...
4 Aug 2021, 13:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Countries that live from oil and gas sales are probably worried about the EV transition. They may keep selling fossil fuels for other applications, but prices will fall drastically when vehicles no longer need gasoline or diesel. Qatar is aware of ...
4 Aug 2021, 09:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / People call it the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, U.S. Infrastructure Bill, and a lot more, but its real name is H.R. 3684 - Invest in America Act. This bill proposes significant investments in multiple aspects of the American infrastructure. Stil...
3 Aug 2021, 20:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Nikola is still managing the bad repercussion of having its founder, Trevor Milton, charged by federal prosecutors. If that was not enough, it also did not have good news to share in its Q2 2021 conference call. The company halved its electric truc...
3 Aug 2021, 19:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / One of the biggest automotive disappointments related to the International health crisis was canceling auto shows worldwide. For a Sri Lankan company called Vega, it must have been deep frustration: it was supposed to present its first electric car...
3 Aug 2021, 16:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Unveiled in 2013 as a concept car, the Devel Sixteen should have been revealed as a production model in 2017, but that never happened, and, moreover, it didn't happend even today, in 2021. At this pace, that hypercar may become the swan song f...
3 Aug 2021, 11:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla hate is a thing. As much as the company has devoted worshippers, it also drives some people to loathe it deeply. Coal rolling and vandalism are some examples of that sort of behavior, but arson may be getting on the list as well. At least tha...
3 Aug 2021, 07:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Anyone that follows the Rich Rebuilds YouTube channel knows that EVs have a myth that is worth fighting. Their advocates say they do not need maintenance and a simple visit to the Electrified Garage denies that right away. Car and Driver came to th...
2 Aug 2021, 18:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rivian may have waited more than ten years to reveal its first product. However, it is not waiting that much to search for new factories and trademarking names for new EVs. After it confirmed it was looking for a piece of land to build a new factor...
2 Aug 2021, 15:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The lawsuit consumers launched against Tesla for capping the voltage in their car’s cells could have done quite some damage to the company. It accused the EV maker of 19 wrongdoings, and Tesla would have to answer about them in court. It woul...
2 Aug 2021, 08:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We told you about the Victorian Big Battery fire on July 30. Owned by Neoen, one of its 13-ton, 3 MWh Megapacks started burning when its very first tests were performed. The blaze has been controlled only at 5 PM (local time) on August 2 despite ab...
2 Aug 2021, 06:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If you ever wondered what happens when a driver fails to take control of a Tesla vehicle on Autopilot if it disengages, VG released a video that shows that. The Norwegian website presented a Model S driver on the left lane at about 100 kph (62 mph)...
31 Jul 2021, 11:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Car fans sometimes have wild dreams. Imagine a Volkswagen vehicle trying to compete with a Mercedes-Benz S-Class... Well, Ferdinand Pïech thought the Phaeton could do that. Think of something crazier, such as Alfa Romeo doing a Mustang. Is tha...
30 Jul 2021, 14:28 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Model S owners are suing Tesla for a voltage cap that reduced the range in their vehicles. The customer that started this lawsuit, David Rasmussen, claimed that Tesla performed the software updates 2019.16.1 or 2019.16.2 for the Model S and X to co...
30 Jul 2021, 09:28 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On July 28, Neoen celebrated that the Victorian Big Battery was finally registered with the Australian Energy Market Operator. Two days later, with the first tests with the new Megapack structure, a fire broke into one of the 13-ton, 3 MWh packs th...
29 Jul 2021, 19:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / People in the automotive industry love to make fun of long names. The Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Zero Emission Hydrogen Fuel Cell Boot Pickup Concept must be the one with the longest name ever. However, other companies tend not to make fun of thi...
29 Jul 2021, 18:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / BYD was pretty proud of the Han and its Blade Battery technology until July 24. On that day, the show “Understanding the Car Test Ground” put the electric BYD against the ArcFox αS in a frontal offset crash test. Each vehicle was ...