2,082 ARTICLES
16 Jul 2021, 17:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rivian is not new to postponing production. First, the international health crisis made it delay the R1T manufacturing from the end of 2020 to the summer of 2021. In May, it announced production would not start in June but only a month later. ...
16 Jul 2021, 17:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Some say that Sandy Munro protects Tesla after almost being sued by the company for revealing all that was wrong with the Model 3 in its first teardown. After the engineer confessed he sold Tesla stock for a profit, some disputed how neutral he was...
16 Jul 2021, 16:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Geely and Daimler have already presented so many teasers of its future smart compact electric crossover that we would rather get the technical specifications and prices right away. Despite that, smart released a new teaser of the new EV: a shot fro...
16 Jul 2021, 10:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When we told you about the BYD Dolphin, we still missed its range data. After all, the first vehicle to present the e-platform 3.0 and an affordable 800V system is supposed to recover 150 km of range in just 5 minutes with adequate fast chargers. T...
16 Jul 2021, 09:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / So far, anyone willing to get rid of cobalt would have to buy an electric car with LFP (lithium iron phosphate) cells. All other batteries have that precious metal, even if in small proportions. SVolt decided to get rid of it and announced it would...
16 Jul 2021, 08:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The most interesting things about a recent Rich Rebuilds video were its main topic and a sideline that could stand on its own. When Donald Bone received a $16,000 estimate from Tesla to replace a battery pack due to a broken coolant nipple, he cons...
15 Jul 2021, 17:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / So far, the only path toward lighter BEVs was new battery technology. Improving energy density was critical for smaller battery packs. At the same time, ICE suppliers were sure to face doom when electric cars prevailed. Bosch seems to have come up ...
15 Jul 2021, 15:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We now know Nio for its luxurious EVs with swappable batteries, but it was not always like that. When the company started its career, it presented an electric hypercar called EP9. Its first batch consisted of six units, and ten more were promised t...
15 Jul 2021, 14:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If you get your news about Tesla from the “fandomsphere,” you may have the impression that the company will save the world with clean cars and people from their lousy driving skills with Autopilot, FSD, and such. When you check more neu...
15 Jul 2021, 11:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / GM said this comes out of an “abundance of caution,” but the truth is that it is tacitly admitting that the final Bolt EV recall is not an effective measure to avoid fires. The company is now asking affected owners to park their cars ou...
14 Jul 2021, 15:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The European Commission will propose that all cars sold in the continent by 2035 will have to be “emissions-free.” Although it has not explicitly said that, approving this rule will imply all combustion-engined vehicles will be forbidde...
14 Jul 2021, 14:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Thomas Schmall, Volkswagen's board member for technology, was the man in charge of explaining the unified cell at the Volkswagen Power Day. At the Volkswagen New Auto strategy presentation, he reinforced how crucial the concept will be for the...
14 Jul 2021, 09:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Dirk Hilgenberg plays a crucial role in the Volkswagen New Auto strategy. As the CEO of CARIAD, he is in charge of developing one of the backbones of the plan: the Volkswagen OS – also called E³ 2.0. This software will be part of the ele...
14 Jul 2021, 07:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / While executives presented the Volkswagen New Auto strategy, it was clear that betting on EVs for the future does not imply the company will just get rid of the investments it has made so far in combustion engines. It is quite the opposite: the com...
14 Jul 2021, 06:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On July 5, we told you that Audi will present three new concepts at the 2021 IAA Mobility. L’Argus said they were part of the Artemis project, but we had nothing at the time that could confirm that. More evidence emerged not only to demonstra...
13 Jul 2021, 19:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Events such as the Volkswagen New Auto strategy presentation offer a fantastic opportunity to understand what is going through the minds of the most influential executives in the industry. Herbert Diess even said he could tell us what is driving Ap...
13 Jul 2021, 16:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The 2021 Volkswagen New Auto event had multiple technical issues with the sound and lived broadcasting. However, one of the most intriguing relates to geography. Herbert Diess said in a tweet that Volkswagen is concentrating on Europe, China, ...
13 Jul 2021, 14:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Among the many things disclosed at the Volkswagen New Auto strategy, one of the most important relates to SSP (Scalable Systems Platform). For the first time, Herbert Diess confirmed the Trinity Project from Volkswagen is the other side of the same...
13 Jul 2021, 08:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Before covering a Battery Life video about the Hyundai Ioniq 5, we had never heard that the electric crossover did not have a rear wiper. Christian Stadler drove that car on a rainy day in an autobahn and said rear visibility was really poor. We th...
13 Jul 2021, 05:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Stellantis has quite a challenge ahead: how to give cars built on the same platforms unique characters? Volkswagen has done that well with its brands, but it does not have 14 of them to care for like Stellantis. Should the sixth-generation Opel Ast...