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14 Jan 2022, 07:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla used to say how much the Cybertruck would cost and when it would be produced on its website. In October 2021, it deleted the price references and changed the production schedule for 2022. More recently, it removed “in 2022” from t...
13 Jan 2022, 23:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla received authorization to produce 250 Model Y bodies in its new German factory in Grünheide last fall. LfU (Landesamt für Umwelt, or State Office for the Environment) allowed it to test manufacturing there, but these first units wou...
13 Jan 2022, 18:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / DARTZ has found a place for itself in the automotive world by offering opulence and armored cars. After it announced it would create an electric vehicle, the company disclosed a new special edition of the Prombron Black Alligator MMXX called Black ...
13 Jan 2022, 15:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Honda already revealed the third-generation HR-V in Japan, China, Thailand, and Europe. The only major market that still gets the second generation of the crossover is the U.S., but that is about to change soon. The Japanese carmaker teased the thi...
12 Jan 2022, 23:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In Canada, the entity responsible for evaluating vehicle recalls is Transport Canada, the country’s transportation department. After writing about Tesla’s issues with heating the cabin of multiple cars, autoevolution contacted Transport...
12 Jan 2022, 23:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / French brands always wanted to enter the American market and be competitive there. When Stellantis was created, that was accomplished without the need to offer new brands in the U.S. It was just a matter of having a big slice of the automakers that...
12 Jan 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Our frequent readers already know Han Chao. Once a Tesla customer, he sued it for fraud, won the lawsuit, and was sued by Tesla for defamation. If the EV maker wanted to intimidate him, it backfired: Han Chao became famous in China and is sharing n...
12 Jan 2022, 14:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Putting used battery packs to work as stationary energy storage systems is nothing new. BMW did that in Brazil to create solar charging stations with used i3 battery packs. Audi and RWE announced doing that on December 22, but the real news here is...
12 Jan 2022, 12:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Porsche customers range from those buying a Macan to those with more than one 911 in their garages. Yet, the company knows they all have one thing in common: these folks like to drive. This would be why Porsche decided against being part of the Art...
12 Jan 2022, 09:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Dizygotic twins are more commonly known as fraternal twins. If there was an equivalent for them in the automotive world, that would be cars from different brands made over the same platform. Stellantis already has the Peugeot 308 and the Opel Astra...
11 Jan 2022, 20:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If you read our previous article about heating issues Tesla owners are facing in cold-weather regions, you know the complaints started around December 30. In a discussion on a Facebook group, a Tesla owner shared a discussion about that with the co...
11 Jan 2022, 13:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On September 29, 2021, AirShaper and A2MAC1 helped us demonstrate that the Ioniq 5 desperately needs a rear wiper. Hyundai said airflow alone would keep it clean, but that is not what the aerodynamic studies have shown. A2MAC1 bought an Ioniq 5 and...
11 Jan 2022, 11:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / As an Afro-American, Valerie Capers Workman must have been at odds defending Tesla against Owen Diaz. Courts ruled that the former contract worker was a racism victim and that Tesla should pay him $136.9 million for emotional distress and punitive ...
11 Jan 2022, 01:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Check any Lucid tweet, and you will see a big bunch of Tesla followers asking the company how many vehicles it produced and sold in 2021. If Rivian has the same issue, it has solved it by disclosing it made 1,015 EVs and delivered 920 of these vehi...
10 Jan 2022, 23:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In moderate climates, heating is just a matter of comfort. In all other places where temperatures go well below 0ºC (32ºF), that feature means life or death. Many Tesla owners are complaining about the lack of heating with Model Y and Mod...
10 Jan 2022, 15:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Chery and Great Wall are significant players in the Chinese market that are currently trying their luck elsewhere. Two products show that they are just not going for an original approach toward that. Just check the Jetour T-X (from Chery) and the H...
10 Jan 2022, 11:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / On January 7, Elon Musk announced that Tesla would raise prices for FSD (Full Self-Driving) from the current $10,000 to $12,000. That will happen only in the U.S. on January 17. The Tesla CEO probably had no worse time to disclose that. On January ...
7 Jan 2022, 18:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Pete Buttigieg has a lot on his plate. Being the U.S. Secretary of Transportation means he has a say on the Build Back Better plan and also the mission to recover NHTSA’s undermined credibility. In an interview with The Verge, Buttigieg avoid...
7 Jan 2022, 15:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Many EV enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for solid-state batteries. Volkswagen and Toyota are expected to adopt them by the middle of this decade. However, the Japanese carmaker will do that in “a little bit unintuitive” way in the words...
7 Jan 2022, 11:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / At least 24,000 pre-order holders and millions of fans worldwide must be asking: where’s Microlino? The bubble car made headlines when it was revealed and its production was expected to begin in 2021. Micro-Mobility informed us why that did n...