10 Apr 2024, 09:00 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / After we discovered that the Cybertruck battery pack was half empty, Tesla engineers hinted at improving both the battery capacity and the charging performance
18 Dec 2023, 16:41 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The owner of a Hyundai Ioniq 5 was quoted $30K (CAD) for a battery replacement after a minor scratch, but the dealer told their insurance company it cost $60K
20 Nov 2023, 13:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Rich Benoit shares his candid views about what Tesla customers affected by the BMS_u029 and BMS_u018 error codes can do to have a functioning car again.
19 Oct 2023, 09:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There are no 60-kWh battery packs for Brook Gardner's 2014 Model S 60, so he had to pay for an 85-kWh component – but could not fully enjoy it.
30 Sep 2023, 17:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A recent article from Bloomberg got me thinking, and the truth is that winning is a pretty relative concept, particularly in the automotive world.
22 Sep 2023, 10:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If you insist on keeping the old ones, Tesla will charge you $10,000 on top of the replacement bill, which ranges from $13,500 to $21,000.
16 Sep 2023, 07:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / More specifically, the Japanese company wants its battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to have a small frontal area. Battery packs should help with that.
7 Sep 2023, 13:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Israeli battery startup did not want to address Recurrent directly, but the message clearly is for the BEV analytics company.
19 Aug 2023, 07:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company only restricted the range of these vehicles with software and reduced their prices, but why the excuse to do something that is now routine?
12 Aug 2023, 18:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The issue is different from what Electrek pointed out as a possible cause for the fire that destroyed five trucks on June 23.
10 Aug 2023, 11:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The German carmaker kept quiet about some crucial aspects of this vehicle, such as range and added weight, but their impact is clear.
8 Aug 2023, 14:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It was inevitable to realize all Model S units currently having the BMS_u029 problem are the only ones that fit in the US government limit.
22 Jul 2023, 18:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Stellantis conceived the new system with Saft and CNRS researchers to make battery packs lighter and repairable, two of the main challenges for them.
21 Jul 2023, 21:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The automotive risk intelligence company was in charge of creating a report on BEV repairability, and the perspectives are not good.
14 Jul 2023, 10:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Volkswagen Group is not delivering the architectures Audi needs to be more competitive in the world's largest market.
13 Jul 2023, 07:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The US was the first to mess with the maximum gross weight, but Europe is following suit, which may impose a burden on road infrastructure.
12 Jul 2023, 08:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla has celebrated several best-selling titles with the Model Y, but that will also raise awareness of how expensive its BEVs are to repair.
11 Jul 2023, 10:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Fritz Indra developed engines for Alpina, Audi, and General Motors and is considered a master in that field. He does not believe ICEs are about to die.
7 Jul 2023, 18:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Chinese BEV maker announced in 2021 that it would use semi-solid-state battery packs in 2022. At least it did a good job with energy density.
3 Jul 2023, 17:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Israeli startup ALGOLiON developed "sophisticated software" that monitors the health of battery packs to anticipate problems and prevent fires.