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25 Jan 2022, 14:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We were pretty confident that the Volkswagen ID. BUZZ prototypes that went from Hanover to Barcelona would be photographed multiple times along the way. Luckily, we have seen some images on social media and can confirm that the prototypes are alrea...
25 Jan 2022, 11:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In some areas of London, you can only get to drive combustion-engined vehicles if you pay the congestion charge. That made cars such as the classic Mini disappear from places such as Oxford Street or Piccadilly Circus. BMW is now proposing somethin...
25 Jan 2022, 08:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Renault made a deal with Geely to produce CMA products in its South Korean plant, that showed the French company does not want to rely on the Alliance anymore. Despite that, the three automakers that form it will still try to make the most of...
24 Jan 2022, 22:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jason Levine has been an active advocate for traffic safety and better cars for all the time he was ahead of the Center for Auto Safety. Founded in 1970 by Ralph Nader and Consumer Union, the center has been crucial in bringing attention to multipl...
24 Jan 2022, 19:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Reuters revealed that the Tesla Cybertruck would only be manufactured from March 2023, Tesla fans started trying to change the subject. They share “leaked” images of the prototype, insist that Pepsico will get Semi units soon, tha...
24 Jan 2022, 16:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Dongfeng is practically unknown outside of China and some other markets in which it sells its cars. Despite that, the Chinese automaker may become world-famous after announcing it released the first electric cars with solid-state batteries. For suc...
24 Jan 2022, 13:08 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Unlike BMW, NIO and XPeng seem convinced that massive casting parts may give them a manufacturing edge. Although they have not confessed they would adopt such components, some hints point in that direction, according to CNEVPost. Everything would b...
24 Jan 2022, 09:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / People in search of an electric crossover now have quite some options available. Apart from the Tesla Model Y, there’s also the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Kia EV6, and the Hyundai IONIQ 5. Edmunds put the Tesla against the Hyundai in its latest...
23 Jan 2022, 23:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Worrying about numbers instead of the quality of its products made Tesla fall into a trap that is set on its own. Rich Benoit gives another example of how serious that is with his latest video on the quality of Tesla servicing. When you finish watc...
23 Jan 2022, 20:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NIO is doing an excellent job at presenting itself to Norwegian customers. After opening its first battery-swapping station outside China, the company also promoted a virtual meeting between William Li, Marius Hayler, the general manager of NI...
23 Jan 2022, 17:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / This text has no other way to start than reminding a story from when the internet and social media were not as popular as they are today. In 1994, a McLaren F1 owner had to service his car. The technician told him the vehicle surely had something w...
23 Jan 2022, 16:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Anyone with solar panels at home will probably look for battery packs to store the electricity for when they actually need it – at night for most people. What if, instead of a Tesla Powerwall, people bought a Ford F-150 Lightning Pro? Jason F...
23 Jan 2022, 13:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After writing about the latest Aptera videos, some Aptera supporters showed they would follow the steps of Tesla fans. It was enough to mention that the roll cage could trigger negative comments for them to qualify the article as FUD, misleading, a...
22 Jan 2022, 21:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The EQC was Mercedes-Benz’s first model to be exclusively electric. It was heavily criticized for using an ICE platform adapted to EVs, with all the compromises that this brings. This would have been all the negative we ever heard about this ...
21 Jan 2022, 17:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / This could look like an excellent example of globalization: Renault will make cars in South Korea with a Volvo platform thanks to a deal with Geely. However, there’s so much more behind this short sentence that sticking with the summary will ...
21 Jan 2022, 12:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volkswagen has already announced when the ID. BUZZ will have its world premiere: on March 9, 2022. Everything points to a U.S. presentation, so the company may be trying to please European customers and journalists with an early taste of the electr...
21 Jan 2022, 09:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We are still waiting for Europe’s numbers regarding the Tesla Model 3 and Model S recalls. Tesla warned European authorities on January 4, but the precise amount of affected units is yet to be determined. That was not the case in Australia, w...
21 Jan 2022, 07:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We often mention Zwickau whenever we talk about an MEB vehicle. Until very recently, it was mandatory: the German plant was the only one producing Volkswagen’s electric cars. Not long ago, it only made combustion-engined cars such as the Golf...
20 Jan 2022, 19:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It seems the fears IG Metall had regarding the works council at Giga Grünheide came true. According to Reuters, the election of the members of this council will be held on February 28. Of the 12,000 people that will work there, only 2,000 have...
20 Jan 2022, 15:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aptera revealed in its December 2021 update that it had surpassed 15,000 reservations for its electric trike. The company was also confident it would start delivering them by the end of 2022, but its latest video felt the need to show how much stuf...