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29 Jun 2023, 16:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Several people are concerned about the weight of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Their massive battery packs may represent a higher risk of serious injuries and death in crashes. In April, the British Parking Association warned that old parking b...
28 Jun 2023, 18:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Rich Benoit said he loved his Rivian R1T and wanted the company to survive, he gave a funny reason for that: he wanted to see Rivian owners flood the crowded Supercharging stations even more than they already are. Conversely, Tesla advocates c...
27 Jun 2023, 21:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Rich Benoit learned that his Rivian R1T had been hit a second time in the back, he shared a mind-blowing estimate: $37,475. His video talking about the issue went viral and got people discussing how the Tesla Cybertruck would be when it comes ...
27 Jun 2023, 14:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aston Martin does not make its own combustion engines. Instead, it made a deal with Mercedes-AMG to purchase its mills. With the electrification push, it was predictable that it would also happen to electric motors and other components for its batt...
26 Jun 2023, 21:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We go through life without duly thanking the thousands of people that made it easier and more comfortable. Just think about electric lamps and the telephone. How many times were you grateful to Thomas Edison or Graham Bell? What about now long-lost...
26 Jun 2023, 14:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The truck market is fascinating in the sense that it takes no nonsense: cost is king. That said, people are still trying to propose a feasible carbon-neutral alternative to diesel trucks. Electric semis do not seem to be a solution. Their battery p...
25 Jun 2023, 20:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Microcar buyers are getting more and more attractive propositions. The Microlino 2.0 and the city transformer are two good examples, but no microcar has ever proposed something as clever as what the GMA T.25 did back in 2010. It should have reached...
25 Jun 2023, 16:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / NIO has just given an interesting and involuntary example of what may happen if anything goes wrong with its battery packs and swapping system. On June 25, a Power Swap 2.0 station saved a user from losing their BEV but did not prevent the componen...
25 Jun 2023, 10:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Scientists from the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics have published an impressive study. They have managed to create a lithium-ion cell that delivers 711.3 Wh/kg and 1,653.65 Wh/l, the highest energy densities ever achieved ...
24 Jun 2023, 17:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Autotrader released a new list to help customers willing to buy a battery electric vehicle (BEV). It includes the ten best BEVs available in 2023 and was composed of the car that scored higher in a series of requirements. Some people got surprised ...
24 Jun 2023, 10:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / J.D. Power released the results of the 2023 Initial Quality Study (IQS) in a concerned tone. The consumer insights company has never seen such a high number of problems per one hundred cars (PP100) as it has seen this year: an average of 192 PP100....
23 Jun 2023, 19:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Evidence-based medicine is a systematic approach to treating patients based on the best available scientific evidence. In other words, it only applies what studies confirm that truly works. This principle should be applied to everything. Yet, we st...
23 Jun 2023, 17:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ford and SK Innovation's battery division (SK On) established a joint venture to build three factories in the US: two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee. BlueOval SK has its eyes on quite an incentive to get these plants done: $9.2 billion. That...
22 Jun 2023, 20:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Anyone following Volkswagen may feel the urge to tell the company to make up its mind. In 2021, it was optimistic about delivering the first car with the Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) in 2026. When Oliver Blume became the VW Group's CEO to r...
22 Jun 2023, 11:41 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / BYD is reaching new markets with impressive products that bury the idea that Chinese companies copy famous car designs to sell more. The Han, Atto 3, and Dolphin have a distinctive style that is helping them achieve good sales numbers in new countr...
21 Jun 2023, 23:08 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Fast cars are often called expensive toys because they are built to make their drivers have fun at the steering wheel. Despite that, the McMurtry Spéirling Pure is possibly the automobile that deserves that classification the most. After all...
21 Jun 2023, 16:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Carlos Ghosn cannot leave Lebanon because Japan issued a Red Notice on Interpol for his immediate arrest should he do that. He claims to be the victim of a corporate plot that the facts of his case have only reinforced. That led him to seek a curio...
21 Jun 2023, 01:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / As much as we can sometimes anticipate data and pictures of future models, their official world premieres are the moment of truth. In the Ram Rampage case, it confirmed most of the information we shared with our readers but added more official imag...
20 Jun 2023, 21:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / I had just finished writing about how the intention to buy a battery electric vehicle (BEV) was dropping in the US when Rivian announced it would be the next car company to adhere to the North American Charging Standard (NACS). Not only that: it wi...
20 Jun 2023, 09:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Several BEV advocates thought that all it would take for customers to buy more electric cars was a broader offer of products. Or more financial incentives, more chargers, and more "education" for those who are not that interested in vehic...