Volkswagen Wants You to Use Your Electric Car to Help the Power Grid: Is It Worth It?
21 Jun 2022, 18:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elli and Mitnetz Strom are developing a pilot program to evaluate the incentives EV owners should have, but the battery pack lifespan is a critical aspect.
Ford Stops Sales of Mustang Mach-E Over Safety Defect It Will Fix With an OTA Update
14 Jun 2022, 18:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to CNBC, the battery pack contactors may overheat, leading to a failure that either does not start the EV or makes it lose power while moving.
Aptera Finishes Production-Intent Battery Pack Design and Tells Us More About It
14 May 2022, 12:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The entry-level Aptera will have 41-kWh battery packs composed of six modules, each of them with 416 cells for a total of 2,496 batteries.
Toyota Warns That the bZ4X AWD Will Not Fast Charge Under 32ºF (0ºC)
10 May 2022, 13:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The reason why the Japanese carmaker’s first dedicated electric vehicle may offer an incredibly extended battery pack warranty slowly unfolds
BYD Is Closer to 1 TWh Than Tesla: Capacity Already Surpassed 500 GWh
30 Apr 2022, 18:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / And there are more factories about to be disclosed, with production capacities that could make it achieve 1 TWh way before its American competitor.
GM Will Keep Supplying Battery Packs to the Spark EV – Just Don't Ask About Their Prices
29 Apr 2022, 09:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / What looks like good news is actually another thing for us to think about regarding EV adoption and what the current model holds some years in the future
End of Chevrolet Spark EV Support Is a Cautionary Tale for EV Adopters
25 Apr 2022, 08:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / EV-Resource discovered that GM would not supply new battery packs for the used electric car, which puts it in the hands of independent shops or junkyards.
VinFast Reveals Prices for the U.S., Europe, and a Mysterious Battery Subscription Plan
14 Apr 2022, 16:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Vietnamese company said its prices will range from $40,700 to $61,000 but did not explain how much cheaper the EVs would be with a battery subscription
Nissan Ensures Melilla Has Enough Backup Power With 78 LEAF Battery Packs
28 Mar 2022, 09:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Japanese carmaker has joined the project Second Life with Enel to provide 15 minutes of power in case of any grid problems
Stellantis Keeps Improving Battery Production Capacity With LGES and ACC
23 Mar 2022, 20:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The carmaker plans to have a 45-GWh/year cell plant in Canada with LGES and a 40-GWh-year factory in Italy with ACC to achieve 120 GWh in Europe by 2030
Raw Material Scarcity for Batteries Has Impacts We Had Never Thought About
27 Feb 2022, 19:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Thankfully, Circular Energy Storage published an article that sheds light on many aspects of the electrification shift that could go unnoticed.
Renault ZOE Battery Pack Recall Affects 733 Units Due to Fire Risk
11 Feb 2022, 20:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A second warning to European authorities about the issue gave us some more clues about what happened to these battery packs.
Tesla Charges Hong Kong Client $22,000 for Flooded Battery That Only Saw Heavy Rains
6 Feb 2022, 10:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Larry Campbell said he never drove his 2016 Tesla Model S in flooded areas. He accuses Tesla of trying to dodge its warranty terms
Renault ZOE Faces Battery Recall for Fire Risk
5 Feb 2022, 21:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Renault reported the issue to European authorities on February 3, 2022, affecting ZOE units produced with the BT4 XLR battery pack
BMW i4 Already Has a Recall Due to Lack of Battery Pack Crash Pads
30 Jan 2022, 23:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Despite being praised as a compelling electric sedan, the first units of the i4 are at risk of battery fire if they crash for possible short circuits.
NIO Makes Educational Video About How 75-kWh Hybrid Battery Pack Works
26 Jan 2022, 18:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Most of the doubts we had when it was revealed on September 23, 2021, are answered in this interesting video posted on Facebook
MINI Recharged Plans to Convert Classic Minis in Reversible Fashion
25 Jan 2022, 11:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / You get to drive them in restricted areas of London without having to pay an environmental tax, but BMW did not say how much that costs
Audi Puts 60 Battery Packs to Work as Power Banks, Shows What It Takes to Test a Car
12 Jan 2022, 14:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / All these battery packs are still above 80% capacity and come from development vehicles – AKA prototypes – used to develop the e-tron
After Model S Explosion, Gruber Motors Breaks Down the Price of Its Battery Pack
30 Dec 2021, 18:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Pete Gruber wanted to show Tesla is probably selling battery packs at cost. Sadly, that adds very little to the fundamental discussion these prices bring
Tesla Model Y Owner Says Delaminating Cells Forced Battery Pack Replacement
9 Dec 2021, 15:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In his thread at the TMC forum, other owners said they would also have to replace their battery packs and complained about the loaners