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6 Aug 2023, 14:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Nikola had the help of Biagi Bros to validate its fuel cell truck. Things have apparently gone well enough for series production to start on July 31. Customers will receive the first Tre FCEV units in September. Too bad that Michael Lohscheller wil...
4 Aug 2023, 17:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volkswagen started its EV push by suggesting that its first dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV) platform would be sold to smaller companies willing to make this sort of car. In a way, the German automaker expected to repeat what happened with ...
4 Aug 2023, 07:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On July 27, Reuters published an investigation revealing that Elon Musk ordered Tesla's software engineers to always present the best possible range these cars could have. That led customers to complain their vehicles were not delivering what ...
3 Aug 2023, 19:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We already know that Elon Musk tried to make Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) look better than they really are for years. He repeated Tesla would sell robotaxis more than once. The Tesla CEO also dictated a misleading text in an edited video c...
1 Aug 2023, 17:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla has a new preliminary evaluation (PE) going on with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). After receiving "twelve complaints alleging loss of steering control and power steering," the safety regulator decided t...
31 Jul 2023, 20:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On February 16, 2022, a fire broke out inside the Felicity Ace. This roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) cargo ship was carrying 3,965 cars from the Volkswagen group to the US. Several battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were also inside, which made captain Jo&at...
31 Jul 2023, 18:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Hansjörg von Gemmingen achieved 1 million miles with his Model S, he said he would buy a Lucid Air. It seemed he was bidding farewell to Tesla, which has done very little for this record-breaker instead of learning from everything that we...
31 Jul 2023, 10:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Early Model 3 owners answered a Bloomberg survey in 2019 and again in 2023. The main difference Bloomberg noticed was the perception people had about Elon Musk. Among the spontaneous comments on the Tesla CEO in the latest survey, one caught my att...
29 Jul 2023, 08:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The last time I spoke about Neocarbonix, the solution Nanoramic had developed to create composite electrodes was supposed to reach the market in 2023. So far, it has received a $3.6-million contract and a strategic investment from GM Ventures to ev...
28 Jul 2023, 11:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In 2019, Bloomberg did a survey with Model 3 owners to understand how their experiences with Tesla's first high-volume car were going. At the time, the electric sedan had been on the streets for only around two years and was selling like hotca...
27 Jul 2023, 21:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Until very recently, QuantumScape only talked about the commercial presentation of its first cell as a target. That changed in its last letter to shareholders, which was about Q2 2023 results. We now have a name for the first solid-state platform...
27 Jul 2023, 14:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In February 2021, Edmunds warned customers all Tesla vehicles it tested failed to deliver the EPA ranges they had. Tesla complained about the testing method, so Edmunds did it again. The results were still disappointing. In January, the Korea Fair ...
27 Jul 2023, 09:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There are two main arguments against hydrogen use in transportation. The first is that it is mostly generated from fossil fuels, which does not make it helpful against climate change. When it is genuinely green, it is obtained through electrolysis,...
26 Jul 2023, 08:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Honda has recently started to announce it will sell the e:Ny1 in Europe. What reads like a new disease code is actually an electric Chinese SUV the Japanese brand will import to indirectly replace the Honda e. Anyone familiar with how things starte...
25 Jul 2023, 19:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / José Rezende Mahar used to say that automobiles are loved because they gave people the ability to see what was beyond the hills. This metaphor of widening human perspectives that my late friend liked to repeat lacked just one thing to be per...
24 Jul 2023, 19:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Christoph Lindner became a prolific source about new and old Tesla issues. The German lawyer created the website TeslaAnwalt (Tesla Attorney) and got on our radar in March 2022, when the BEV maker was sentenced to buy back a Model 3 because "V...
24 Jul 2023, 11:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elon Musk said at the Q2 2023 earnings call that autonomy should be solved this year. He has said that every year since 2016. What made things different this time was that the Tesla CEO said the BEV maker is in early discussions "with a major ...
22 Jul 2023, 18:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / One of the greatest challenges involving battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is reducing the battery pack weight. Ideally, that should be done in a way that also increases energy density. Making them easier to repair and replace is also pressing. Stel...
21 Jul 2023, 21:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When I was at law school, I once faced a fierce debate about what role an attorney should have. I defended that lawyers should fight for a fair verdict for their clients, proportional to their actions. Some of my colleagues said a good attorney sho...
21 Jul 2023, 21:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In December 2022, I wrote about an investigation Thatcham Research would make about battery electric vehicle (BEV) repairability. The idea was to make it easier for insurance companies to deal with them without unnecessarily writing off these cars....