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1 week ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
Every Easter, off-road fans gather in Moab, Utah, to celebrate their love for trails. The event is called Easter Jeep Safari, but even Ford wants a piece of that pie. The company organized the Bronco Stampede at Moab as part of that event and revealed two concept cars inspired by the location and the activities performed from April 12 to April 20. They are the Bronco Off-Roadeo: Arches and Bronco Off-Roadeo: Cliffhanger.
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2 weeks ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
87 photosPhoto: edited by autoevolutionFirst, sources close to Donald Trump said Elon Musk would stick around for good in his government. More recently, they said he would leave soon, which led Tesla investors to celebrate as if that was the best news they could have received in ages. The deal is that they are deluded. The Tesla CEO is now tainted goods – or toxic, if you prefer that terminology.
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2 weeks ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
46 photosPhoto: Michael Vadon/Creative CommonsI wrote about how Donald Trump's tariffs would penalize car buyers a while before April 2. The POTUS called it Liberation Day more or less when I heard an interesting theory about his goals. Even with it in mind, the fact is that Liberation Day may turn into Isolation For Good when it comes to cars – and to everything else, if you give it a thought.
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2 weeks ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
49 photosPhoto: edited by autoevolutionFor Xiaomi, it was probably the first bad news it received since it decided to make electric cars. For three families, it was the loss of a loved one – enough said. However, there is way more about the Xiaomi SU7 crash on March 29 in China than meets the eye. It urges us to discuss – again – how safe "autonomous" Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) and electronic door locks are.
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3 weeks ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
It does not matter how often people write about the automotive industry's worrying state of affairs. I have done so more frequently than I would like to, and things get more concerning every day. People may finally listen if that is voiced by someone like Akio Toyoda. Toyota's current chairman told Hans Greimel in an interview that he was disappointed with Nissan and Honda because "they didn't talk at all about the products" after addressing their tentative partnership in a press conference.
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3 weeks ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
17 photosPhoto: Lake Suwa Lake SuwaOn March 17, 2025, a Korean YouTube channel called "Lake Suwa Lake Suwa" published a video about a Hyundai Ioniq 5 showing it had an impressive mileage of 666,255 kilometers (413,992 miles). On March 23, a second video showed it had 668,098 km (415,137 miles), sharing more details about how it got there. The main point is that it did not do that with a single battery pack. Is that good or bad?
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3 weeks ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
30 photosPhoto: United States Senate - Office of Dan Sullivan/Creative CommonsThere are massive discussions about who will win and who will lose with Donald Trump's decision to slap a 25% tariff on cars made outside the US. Ford, GM, Tesla, Hyundai... It seems businesses are the only thing that matters. I have not seen anyone trying to frame this from the perspective of car buyers. If anyone did that, it would be clear that the main losers in the whole story are regular citizens.
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3 weeks ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
If you have checked the news about the new Nissan Leaf and all the new cars the Japanese carmaker intends to introduce in the near future, it seems the Japanese carmaker is on a recovery path. Good journalists made sure to mention how troubled Nissan is, but I have not seen a single article point out a flagrant contradiction. For an automaker that wanted so badly to get rid of Renault, Nissan is relying heavily on its former partner.
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4 weeks ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
47 photosPhoto: edited by autoevolutionBattery electric vehicle (BEV) owners have been feeling the heat for quite some time. However, we now have another study that proves these cars are the best shot anyone has at losing money with automobiles. Conducted by iSeeCars, it analyzed the prices of "800,000 5-year-old used cars sold from March 2024 to February 2025 to determine 5-year depreciation rates." Although luxury vehicles are also a money pit, BEVs take the crown when it comes to depreciation.
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1 month ago | 
autoevolution.com | Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
18 photosPhoto: Anderson DickIt is not unlikely that you have heard somewhere about brand-new Volkswagen Beetles that were rescued in Brazil. They are now part of Claudinei (Claude) Senhoreti's collection. We're talking about three Beetles and a Santana Quantum that were never licensed, as well as a Beetle, a Kombi and an SP2 that were. But their story is even more interesting than the sale itself.
