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14 Jun 2021, 19:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Nio said it would sell vehicles with swappable battery packs, many did not believe the Chinese company would really get there. Better Place didn’t make it, even if it was a very different proposition. With Nio’s success in China, i...
14 Jun 2021, 16:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Apparently, Steve Burns decided he could no longer run Lordstown Motors. The CEO and the company’s CFO, Julio Rodriguez, resigned on June 14 after the company disclosed that it would need more funding to reach production with the Endurance el...
14 Jun 2021, 12:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / "The Walking Dead" has no official car brand that we are aware of, but it could as well be Lancia. Until very recently, it was only considered alive because of a single vehicle, the Ypsilon. With Stellantis, the brand gained another chanc...
14 Jun 2021, 08:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Hyundai Ioniq 5 promises to be one of the best affordable EVs in the market. Apart from the 800V system that allows it to charge much faster – which you can only find in the Porsche Taycan nowadays – it has multiple little surprises...
14 Jun 2021, 06:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Toyota said we’d eventually have a GR Corolla that will be as brilliant – if not more – as the GR Yaris. While we are still waiting to see it and to test it in the real world, our friend Theottle decided to imagine what it may loo...
12 Jun 2021, 12:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elon Musk presented the interior of the Model S Plaid as if it was a fantastic innovation. That was part of the effort to make the new derivative seem as attractive as what the competitors have been presenting. At least one of the novelties called ...
12 Jun 2021, 11:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Microlino 2.0 deliveries are scheduled to start on September 21, 2021. As they quickly approach, Micro-Mobility needs to define all aspects the production version will have, and the third prototype already presents most of them. It will include...
12 Jun 2021, 10:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Sandy Munro is a confessed fan of Tesla’s Octovalve and the Super Manifold. These parts made Tesla’s thermal system one of the most elegant in the market. When he saw that the Ford Mustang Mach-E had some good engineering solutions, he ...
11 Jun 2021, 19:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla and Elon Musk did their best to present the Model S Plaid as a win. Yes, it is fast, but not as fast as the Plaid+ promised to be. It also has a long range, but not as long as the Plaid+ could offer. Lucid wasted no time teasing Tesla for tha...
11 Jun 2021, 08:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Alpha Motor Corporation does not cease to present new plans for its vehicles. The latest one is a camping tent designed in partnership with Heimplanet that would be perfect for the Wolf+ electric pickup truck. The problem is that all we have seen s...
11 Jun 2021, 08:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volkswagen already presented how important Northvolt is for its electric car plans. The Swedish battery manufacturer will be in charge of the group’s cells for premium vehicles. At Volkswagen Power Day, the idea was that its Skellefteå ...
11 Jun 2021, 05:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla created suspense by delaying the Model S Plaid presentation. It even delayed the presentation by more than an hour compared to the scheduled time. In the end, it revealed everything people expected except for a new motor technology and nothin...
10 Jun 2021, 18:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Electric cars – converted or born like one – need to be affordable. That’s a must to increase their adoption. When Swindon Powertrain said it would sell an electric classic Mini for £79,000 under the name Swind E, it may ha...
10 Jun 2021, 12:41 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Paris Climate Agreement wants the world to become carbon neutral by 2050. Transportation will play a massive role in getting there, and BloombergNEF is tracking down all the measures being taken for that. With its Electric Vehicle Outlook 2021,...
10 Jun 2021, 09:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / For people who love cars and the technical elements surrounding them, the Engineering Explained YouTube channel is a stronghold. Jason Fenske’s latest video tried to teach why we can’t talk about solar-powered electric cars just ye...
10 Jun 2021, 08:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla’s infotainment system was a technological statement when the Model S first appeared: nobody sold a car with such a massive touchscreen. However, as time went by, it became a source of concern. First, owners started complaining about yel...
10 Jun 2021, 08:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / This article only came to life thanks to the French website L’Argus and Yovan Dragic. It was L’Argus that revealed that the project P44 – planned to give South American buyers the Peugeot 1008 – will allow Stellantis to sell...
10 Jun 2021, 08:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jaguar showed it is listening carefully to customers and motoring writers with the 2022 I-PACE for the American market. It did not change much in the car’s aesthetics, which have always been its major strength. What Jaguar modified were the i...
9 Jun 2021, 17:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Renault has announced its electric transition and pursuit for profitability would have a name of its own: Renaulution. This plan does not include only new electric cars such as the Mégane E-Tech Electric and the new generations of the R...
9 Jun 2021, 15:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The new Ford Maverick was a blast with its affordable pricing and versatility in a relatively small package. Despite that, it disappointed fans of the original vehicle, who would probably expect the Maverick to be more sporty. Another disappointed ...