Gustavo Ruffo
@ghruffo.bsky.social
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Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.
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3 months ago
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Indian cars generally do not attract any attention, but the Maruti Suzuki Dzire should. It proves affordable cars can be safe. How it got there holds the key to making that as obvious as it should be.
www.autoevolution.com/news/maruti-...
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Maruti Suzuki Proves Affordable Cars Can Be Safe With 2024 Dzire
The $8,000 sedan achieved five stars on a Global NCAP test, proving that affordability does not need to represent a life threat.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/maruti-suzuki-proves-affordable-cars-can-be-safe-with-2024-dzire-242709.html
about 1 year ago
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Costas Lakafossis asked NHTSA to take measures to prevent sudden unintended acceleration cases with Tesla vehicles. He also helped me understand why Autopilot will never avoid emergency vehicles while it works with Tesla Vision: it is blind to these situations.
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Accident Investigator Explains Autopilot's Issues With Emergency Vehicles
Costas Lakafossis contacted me about a week after the Wall Street Journal released bombastic news. The newspaper published on August 9 a video of a 2019 ...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/accident-investigator-explains-autopilot-s-issues-with-emergency-vehicles-220466.html
about 2 years ago
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If you read anywhere that it wasn't a BEV that caused the Fremantle Highway fire, forget it. The truth is we still lack that answer: one of the 498 BEVs in the RoRo ship may have provoked it or made the fire worse. We don't know. Sadly, our only certainty is that journalism is in a sorry state...
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Fremantle Highway Didn't Absolve BEVs (Yet) – It Was Another Journalism Confusion
Battery electric vehicle (BEV) advocates rushed to absolve them of wrongdoing after Automobilwoche declared they had nothing to do with the fire that des...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/fremantle-highway-didn-t-absolve-bevs-yet-it-was-another-journalism-confusion-220250.html
about 2 years ago
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Yes, the front-structure casting in this Model Y has a crack, but you won't believe what led this owner to discover the problem: another major safety concern.
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New Images and Video Confirm Austin-Made Tesla Model Y Has Cracked Front Casting
When I first told my readers about an Austin-made Tesla Model Y with a cracked front casting, the owner had yet to confirm how serious the problem was. I...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/new-images-and-video-confirm-austin-made-tesla-model-y-has-cracked-front-casting-220165.html
about 2 years ago
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When shifting the narrative becomes a stepping stone.
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Elon Musk's Cage Fight and Tesla Suing Whistleblowers Have Creepy Similarities
I was shocked after seeing the headlines about Tesla suing two whistleblowers. That was the BEV maker's answer to what is now more popularly known a...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/elon-musk-s-cage-fight-and-tesla-suing-whistleblowers-have-creepy-similarities-220115.html
about 2 years ago
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Do you drive a Model Y made in Austin? Do yourself a favor and check the front casting: it may present cracks like these ones.
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Austin-Made Model Y Unit Presents Cracked Front Casting; Tesla Says It Is Within Specs
Whenever I discover a new problem with a Tesla, investors and advocates argue that it is anecdotal evidence. Trying to explain that early cases could lea...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/austin-made-model-y-unit-presents-cracked-front-casting-tesla-says-it-is-within-specs-220137.html
about 2 years ago
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I have not seen a single article with the proper context for this, so I wrote one. I apologize if any reporter tried to do the same and I failed to read their work.
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Tesla Sues Two Former Employees for 'Tesla Files' Episode, Tries to Shift the Blame
It took Tesla quite a while to address the episode known as Tesla Files. If that does not ring a bell to you, the German newspaper Handelsblatt gave the ...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-sues-two-former-employees-for-tesla-files-tries-to-revert-the-blame-219932.html
about 2 years ago
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It's been a while since I do not post anything, but this is a worthy discussion. Can a software lock result in a $10,000 discount with no cost cuts involved? Tesla's latest excuse to reduce Model S and Model X inventories suggests the problem is more serious than the company makes it seem.
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New Model S and Model X Standard Range Units Tell a Concerning Story About Tesla
When Tesla started reducing prices, its usual advocates thought it was a fantastic move to increase sales. Some even parrotted Elon Musk's surreal e...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/new-model-s-and-model-x-standard-range-units-tell-a-concerning-story-about-tesla-219775.html
over 2 years ago
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The first class action against Tesla for "rosy" range readouts goes beyond that. The attorneys in charge also put a spotlight on something inherent to battery packs with ternary cells: the recommendation not to charge them to their full capacity. All BEV makers should keep an eye on that.
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First Class Action Against Tesla's Unreal Range Readouts Disputes More than Just That
On July 27, Reuters published an investigation revealing that Elon Musk ordered Tesla's software engineers to always present the best possible range...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/first-class-action-against-tesla-s-unreal-range-readouts-disputes-more-than-just-that-219047.html
over 2 years ago
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Tesla intentionally made its remanufactured large drive units for the Model S and Model X worse than the original motors. Hansjörg von Gemmingen exposed that trying to demonstrate it was possible to drive an EV for more than 1 million miles. It is no surprise Tesla tries to ignore him. I didn't
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More-Than-Million-Mile Model S Helps Clarify What is Wrong with Tesla's Motors
When Hansjörg von Gemmingen achieved 1 million miles with his Model S, he said he would buy a Lucid Air. It seemed he was bidding farewell to Tesla,...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/more-than-million-mile-model-s-helps-clarify-what-is-wrong-with-tesla-s-motors-218870.html
over 2 years ago
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What a demolishing article. Congratulations for bringing this up, Reuters.
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Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/
over 2 years ago
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Several new defects and bad practices related to Tesla were revealed by the work of Christoph Lindner and his team. Known as Tesla Attorney, he started going to court against the BEV maker due to a problem with his own car. Here's what I learned about him in an interview.
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Christoph Lindner Became the Tesla Attorney Due to His 2016 Model S 90D
Christoph Lindner became a prolific source about new and old Tesla issues. The German lawyer created the website TeslaAnwalt (Tesla Attorney) and got on ...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/christoph-lindner-became-the-tesla-attorney-due-to-his-2016-model-s-90d-218540.html
over 2 years ago
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Battery electric trucks have a huge handicap compared to those with combustion engines: the weight of their battery packs. Instead of pursuing better ways to transport goods, governments are changing the maximum gross weight for these trucks. That's cheating, and it will not end well.
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Governments Are Cheating to Make Battery Electric Trucks Feasible, But Will That Work?
A new regulation in Europe made me realize something that passed before my eyes in the past but did not receive the attention it deserved. In the US, Cla...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/governments-are-cheating-to-make-battery-electric-trucks-feasible-but-will-that-work-217987.html
over 2 years ago
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I've seen some articles talking about how cost misconceptions were hindering BEV adoption, so I went to the sources. The truth is that what some classify as errors are correct impressions – and that customers have a better idea of what is going on than BEV makers would care to admit.
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BEV Adoption in the US Is Slowing Down, But Not for What BEV Advocates Claim
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 incentive...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/bev-adoption-in-the-us-is-slowing-down-but-not-for-what-bev-advocates-claim-216789.html
over 2 years ago
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After searching for a Twitter substitute for quite a while, here I am. I'll start with a discussion that I consider pretty relevant: what determines when a car dies?
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What Determines When a Car Dies?
The EV shift is happening with the excuse of turning personal transportation more sustainable. In a way, it is a direct consequence of the increasingly s...
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/what-determines-when-a-car-dies-216727.html
over 2 years ago
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