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Toyota’s CALTY Design Research studio celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, having been responsible for “everything from the 1978 Toyota Celica to the 2024 Toyota Tacoma.” The futuristic Baby Lunar Cruiser concept has been created to mark the occa… Continue reading Toyota’s US design studio looks to the future with Baby Lunar Cruiser
Nissan has released the first imagery of its 20-30 Concept, a sporty Micra-sized EV with bold sports styling. The plan is that by 2028, Nissan EVs will have solid-state batteries, reducing the cost of electrical energy storage by 65%, and enabling pock… Continue reading Pictorial: Nissan’s “Urban GoKart” EV 20-30 Concept
Spanish performance brand Cupra used the International Mobility Show in Munich this week to unveil the DarkRebel EV show car. It’s one of the most distinctive best looking concepts we’ve ever seen … and the company simultaneously announced its intent… Continue reading Cupra’s Batman-styled DarkRebel EV could reach America
Over the years, we’ve come to know Bürstner best for midsize RV offerings like Class C motorhomes, Class Bs based on full-size vans, and large (but not huge) caravans. With its more recent Copa mini-camper van (and 4×4 version), the company started fo… Continue reading Habiton micro-camper drives tiny, blows up at camp with inflating roof
The Volkswagen California camper van family is growing yet again. VW is previewing its first plug-in hybrid camper van, a pop-top California based on the already-versatile T7 Multivan. Not only does the Multivan concept camper promise 31 miles (50 km) … Continue reading Volkswagen Multivan PHEV camper van shatters the California RV mold
Lamborghini has dabbled in gas/electric hybrids in the past, but its all-electric offerings have been few and far between. The Italian automaker unveiled one such vehicle late last week, however, in the form of the Lanzador concept.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Lanzador concept provides a peek at Lamborghini’s all-electric future
Electric vehicle engineering has really emboldened car designers, the compact, decentralized powertrains inspiring new vehicle shapes and packages. The SUV coupe has been one of the more ambitious recurring themes, as designers attempt to meld the spor… Continue reading Pininfarina Pura Vision tests the limits of the SUV-coupe craze
Audi has celebrated the 150th birthday of its Neckarsulm production facility in Germany by getting a bunch of apprentices to re-imagine a classic car built in 1971 as a sporty future-modern electric based on the company’s e-tron platform.Continue Readi… Continue reading Classic 1970s two-seater auto reimagined as a sporty e-tron street racer
One of the most refreshing and elegantly simple designs we’ve seen on an automobile in many a year, the AIM EV Sport 01 is a concept car from Japanese automotive engineering consultancy AIM, but the design work was done by legendary Japanese designer S… Continue reading Nissan GT-R designer pens a lightweight carbon EV “drivers car”
The 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed draws near, and that brings the prospect of new, magnificently fast and fearsome vehicles from companies known and unknown. The EV Sport 01 emerges from the latter category, developed by Japanese auto tech and engine… Continue reading AIM presents a Japanese RWD roadster for the electric era