Ferrari and Land Rover Show What Current BEVs Will Never Achieve
7 Nov 2024, 14:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / While their most expensive component has a limited lifespan and is so vulnerable, there is no way most of them will remain on the road.
Media Images and Press Releases Show How Even Carmakers Gave Up on What Made Them Special
15 Oct 2024, 08:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Try to see any pictures of engines or technical specifications in each new car presentation: if you expect to find them, you should get disappointed.
European Union Approves Permanent Extra Duties on Chinese BEVs
4 Oct 2024, 21:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / German carmakers are in a panic, as well as all other industries that want China, one of the world's biggest markets, to keep buying their products.
Renault Embleme 'Hybrid' Shooting Brake Concept Promises 90% Reduction of CO2 Emissions
4 Oct 2024, 10:56 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The French automaker has stepped into the BEV plus FCEV field with the Embleme 'demo car' that looks like a CUV, but it's actually a 'shooting brake'
Automakers Join Forces Out of Desperation
19 Sep 2024, 21:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is all about sharing the burden, lowering investments and the probability of biting the dust with the electrification process.
EREVs Are Way Better Than PHEVs And Here's Why
19 Sep 2024, 09:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Extendend-range electric vehicles will never present a different behavior compared to what happens with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
BMW's Black Death Adds Another Layer of Complexity for Those Shopping for Used BEVs
14 Sep 2024, 15:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Some of the company's battery packs use a direct cooling system that can be affected by failing AC compressors. That creates a grey warranty area we are trying
If Reducing Carbon Emissions Includes Killing Automakers, We're Doing It Wrong
10 Sep 2024, 17:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Luca de Meo said that the demand for BEVs is half what automakers need to meet 2025 emission requirements without paying fines.
Failing BEV Startups Warn About Other Dangers of Software-Defined Vehicles
3 Sep 2024, 18:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When a BEV manufacturer goes bankrupt, it drags down way more things than its assets and workers: servers and software also sink with it.
Is There a Long-Lasting Way to Feed an Electric Car With Energy?
30 Aug 2024, 18:28 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / How long does a fuel cell last? If they also need to be replaced, what could give energy to electric motors apart from massive battery packs?
Electric Restomods Expose How Critical It Is to Rethink Battery Electric Vehicles
26 Aug 2024, 22:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If these classic cars had an electric battery pack, would they have survived until today to receive the changes that made them electric?
Automakers Fell Into a Trap Thinking They Had To Sell BEVs To Survive
22 Aug 2024, 14:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / But if business survival demands profits and BEVs cannot generate them, what are car companies supposed to do other than sell something else?
What's the Excuse for BEVs Not to Bring Back Spare Tires?
5 Aug 2024, 15:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Worries about carbon dioxide emissions were the reason for spare tires to be retired. BEVs do not have that concern, but does that change anything?
The New Audi A6 E-Tron Shows How Disappointed We Are About New BEVs
2 Aug 2024, 15:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / People begged Audi to build it. Now that the production version has been revealed, saying public reception was cold would be an understatement.
Let's Face It: Most BEVs Are Compliance Cars
30 Jul 2024, 19:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If only two Chinese automakers are making money with these vehicles, what are they for if not to please governments and legislators?
Logic Is Why Nobody Should Worry If PHEVs Are Plugged In or Not
29 Jul 2024, 15:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Who would be so stupid as to buy a more expensive car just to sit on its main advantage without doing anything about it?
If Only Two NEV Makers in China Are Profitable, Electrification Has a Problem
19 Jul 2024, 21:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Song Liping, president of the China Association of Listed Companies, cars with combustion engines keep carmakers alive.
Europe's Extra Duties on Chinese BEVs Lead Us to Ask What a European BEV Producer Is
16 Jul 2024, 11:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Is it any company with a factory in the Old Continent or one with its headquarters there? The answer will raise even more important questions.
Why Does Ferrari Want to Create a Battery Services Subscription for its BEVS?
12 Jul 2024, 21:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The famed Italian carmaker may offer a €7,000 annual subscription for BEV and hybrid owners to ensure their batteries are always in their optimal state.
From a Nevera to a Tourbillon – This Mate Rimac Tale Holds a Lesson About the Car Industry
12 Jul 2024, 12:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The executive said he realized rich people do not want to spend huge amounts of money on electric cars because they have become mainstream.