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5 Jul 2021, 13:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The rendering artist Theottle has already revealed multiple possibilities of future cars with his skills, most of them for vehicles that manufacturers have promised to eventually sell. This time, Theottle decided to conceive something that no one a...
5 Jul 2021, 10:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Tesla said it would not sell a Model Y Standard Range in the US because its range would not fit the company’s standards for that. Curiously, the company is now offering a Model Y Standard Range in Hong Kong with 455 kilometers (283 miles) of ...
5 Jul 2021, 08:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / RJ Scaringe did not think that showing the camp kitchen for Rivian vehicles on Twitter was enough. The Rivian CEO also presented the Amazon electric vans Rivian has developed in a tweet in which he only said he loves them. The long line of side-by-...
2 Jul 2021, 18:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Twitter may be a harsh environment for civil virtual conversations but can also present very original perspectives for things that most people take for granted. Take battery recycling, for example. Companies are investing in recycling processes, op...
2 Jul 2021, 17:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / No modern electric car presents air-cooled battery packs apart from the Lexus UX 300e. If the Nissan Leaf, Renault ZOE, and Dacia Spring came to your mind, remember that they are not modern. The Leaf and the ZOE are basically the same for about a d...
2 Jul 2021, 13:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Before anything else, we apologize to our readers for writing about the next-generation XC90. But, in our defense, we didn’t know the current one would be the last. Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo’s CEO, clarified that to Automotive News ...
2 Jul 2021, 13:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We keep talking so much about electric passenger vehicles that electromobility in other forms sometimes goes unnoticed. That was the case for the Rosenbauer RT (Revolutionary Technology), presented in September 2020. According to the Austrian compa...
2 Jul 2021, 13:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Bloomberg anticipated that Porsche would have to recall Taycan units to prevent a 12V battery issue, the German automaker confirmed the information this July 2. The case involves “approximately 43,000” Taycan and Taycan Cross Turi...
2 Jul 2021, 09:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Sandy Munro’s start with Tesla was a bumpy one. He reported things on the Tesla Model 3 teardown that were bad, such as build quality, paint, and manufacturing issues. At the same time, he was fascinated with the innovations the company intro...
1 Jul 2021, 17:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We are still waiting for more information on the Tesla Model S fire that happened in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Still, a lawyer from California tweeted that he represents the owner of that vehicle. Ben Meiselas works with Geragos & Geragos and sai...
1 Jul 2021, 14:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We have been hearing about Porsche Taycans suddenly losing power very often. Even NHTSA (National Traffic Highway Safety Administration) started the PE 21-013 investigation about that. According to Bloomberg, that loss of power will soon be correct...
1 Jul 2021, 12:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After Brexit, there was a concern about the fate of Nissan’s Sunderland plant. Would the Japanese company shut it down? On July 1, 2021, Nissan dismissed these concerns by announcing EV36Zero, a £1 billion investment to transform the Su...
1 Jul 2021, 09:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A brand new Tesla Model S Plaid caught fire on June 29 in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. According to the Gladwyne Volunteer Fire Company, firefighters were called to “the 100 block of Rose Lane” a little before 9 PM to assist Station 25 (Meri...
30 Jun 2021, 17:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Volvo did not hold back on its software plans for electric cars. It also revealed a concept at the Volvo Cars Tech Moment event that screams about the next-generation XC90 – and suggests some similarities with the Polestar 3. With all that, i...
30 Jun 2021, 16:37 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Although unions such as IG Metall have already realized that software will make the most significant difference in the automotive industry, multiple companies still believe it’s all about the hardware. Volvo showed it learned its lesson well ...
30 Jun 2021, 15:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Back in January, Alpine disclosed its plans to adapt to electromobility and a world that would not accept combustion engines in a matter of years. According to the company, it will have a “dream garage” composed of a B-segment hot hatch...
30 Jun 2021, 14:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Renault held a press conference this June 30 that received a fancy name. The Renault eWays ElectroPop was laid out as a hit parade to talk about stuff that we already knew – such as the deals with Envision AESC and Verkor – and exciting...
30 Jun 2021, 08:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / EVs are often praised for being maintenance-free vehicles, which is not exactly correct. Rich Benoit – from the Rich Rebuilds YouTube channel – learned that while rebuilding a Tesla Model S. That even pushed him to open a shop dedicated...
29 Jun 2021, 22:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ricco Kimbrough is a more complex character than the tiktoker who presented a Tesla Model S with an airbag module hanging from its steering yoke. He says he is a public teacher in his Tik Tok profile, but he identifies as a chauffeur on his Faceboo...
29 Jun 2021, 19:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ernst & Young may have started its business career as an audit company, but now it is also venturing into forecasting businesses such as the automotive industry. Now called just EY, the consulting company has developed the EY Mobility Lens Fore...