BEVs Will Remain Rich People Toys If Carmakers Ignore Limited Lifespan of Battery Packs
5 May 2023, 18:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Some customers are being unpleasantly surprised by maintenance costs with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) – and that is just the beginning.
Customer Buys Three Tesla Roadsters and Abandons Them, They're for Sale 13 Years Later
3 May 2023, 00:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Gruber Motors is helping the seller find new owners, but they are yet to learn if the ESS pack Service Plugs were pulled before shipment
Can You Trust Tesla's Impact Report Regarding Battery Packs? The Answer Is No
28 Apr 2023, 20:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company said its battery packs lose only 12% of capacity after 200,000 miles, but that assessment has several issues
NYC Parking Garage Collapse Is a Scary Warning About Heavier Cars
21 Apr 2023, 11:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The building already had six open property violations, but the heavier vehicles sold nowadays must have played a role in the disaster
Tesla Hacker Urges People Not to Drive Their BEVs Through High Water
19 Apr 2023, 11:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jason Hughes said he does not care what Elon Musk says and stressed that drive units and battery packs cannot survive being submerged
What the World Wants Automotive Easter (Pesach) to Be?
10 Apr 2023, 17:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / As weird as it may seem to compare a religious celebration to the EV transition that is happening now, it is also pretty fitting.
ICE Ban: Apart From Being Shallow, This Discussion Is Also Highly Biased
7 Apr 2023, 18:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is not just about people urging the change to happen out of idealism: several others just need the bet on BEVs to work for more mundane reasons
RAM 1500 REV 229-kWh Battery Pack May Weigh More Than the Hummer EV's
6 Apr 2023, 11:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Stellantis did not reveal if the disclosed 229 kWh refers to usable or gross capacity, but the electric pickup truck’s battery pack will be heavy anyway
This Is Why Battery Pack Lifespan Studies Are (Still) Not Trustworthy
31 Mar 2023, 21:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / One day, assessments such as the one performed by Recurrent may answer some questions about how much battery packs will last, but not now
Old Tesla Roadsters May Give Us a Glimpse of What End-of-Life Battery Packs Look Like
24 Mar 2023, 09:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Curiously, it is not coming from the early 2008 units but from 2016 replacement battery packs, which are failing much earlier than they should
The Contradictions of the Battery Electric Car
21 Mar 2023, 14:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / New battery technology should help to fix them, but will that arrive in time to save the concept on which so many are betting?
Insurers Write Off Electric Vehicles Even for Minor Damages to the Battery Packs
20 Mar 2023, 17:10 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Even minor damages to the battery pack of an electric vehicle prompt insurers to write off the whole car, considering the cost of replacement
ICE Ban: Synthetic Fuels and Combustion Engines Should Not Have the Use You Expect
20 Mar 2023, 12:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There is no room for the internal combustion engine to power wheels anymore. Keeping them alive means extending the range of an EV
IIHS Reminds Us How Crucial It Is That BEVs Lose Weight for Health Matters
16 Mar 2023, 17:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is to protect other people’s health, mind you, but that does not make it a less valid concern. The lighter they get, the better
ICE Ban: The Discussion Around This Measure Is So Shallow We Have To Improve It
10 Mar 2023, 12:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Most people who want the combustion engine dead still believe they are the main culprit for climate change or that efficiency is all that matters
If Batteries Are Wear Parts In Anything That Needs Them, Why Wouldn't They Be In Cars?
9 Mar 2023, 17:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We already know that some computers need to be replaced with time, but people are still treating batteries as permanent, and they are not
Swapping a 5-Year-Old PHEV for a Pristine 21-Year-Old ICE Car Was Enlightening
1 Mar 2023, 18:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Paying for a vehicle that I barely used made no sense, but returning to a more analogical car showed me what I was missing
Used Battery-Electric Cars May Bury EV Promises for the Environment
14 Feb 2023, 10:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / That’s what a man who bought a used Tesla Model S was forced to acknowledge when he lost almost all his investment due to a dead battery pack
BMS_u029 Is the Code Killing Several Tesla Model S Battery Packs
7 Feb 2023, 17:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Another owner who recently purchased a used 2013 Tesla Model S Performance and had to replace the battery pack sheds more light on used EVs.
Audi e-tron Loses Its Battery Pack During a Collision, Hinting at Structural Problems
2 Feb 2023, 11:12 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / An Audi e-tron ejects its battery pack during a collision, pointing to structural problems for Audi’s first electric vehicle