Toyota’s US design studio looks to the future with Baby Lunar Cruiser

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

Honda electrifies micro van for clean and quiet inner-city hauling

Honda has announced a 210-km electrified version of its cute-but-capable gas-powered N-Van, as part of the company’s mission to sell only electric vehicles in Japan by 2030.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Electric Vehicles, Va… Continue reading Honda electrifies micro van for clean and quiet inner-city hauling

Munro adds an exoskeleton to nipped and tucked electric 4×4

Just a couple weeks after lighting up headlines with its Mountain Rescue 4×4, Munro Vehicles is back in the announcement chair, this time with a production-refined utility vehicle it calls the Series-M. The company has rolled early feedback into its de… Continue reading Munro adds an exoskeleton to nipped and tucked electric 4×4

Review: 2024 Mercedes-AMG EQE X4 SUV impresses

There are now two Mercedes-Benz EQE models. One is a car, the other an SUV. Both are electric and both are great entries into the emerging EV market. We spent some time behind the wheel of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG EQE 600 4Matic and were impressed.Co… Continue reading Review: 2024 Mercedes-AMG EQE X4 SUV impresses

Review: 2024 Mercedes-AMG EQE X4 SUV impresses

There are now two Mercedes-Benz EQE models. One is a car, the other an SUV. Both are electric and both are great entries into the emerging EV market. We spent some time behind the wheel of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG EQE 600 4Matic and were impressed.Co… Continue reading Review: 2024 Mercedes-AMG EQE X4 SUV impresses

World-first Dutch program will use ride-share cars as a grid battery

Renewable energy grids need lots of energy storage – and EVs plugged into charging stations represent a huge, city-wide battery just waiting to help out. The Dutch city of Utrecht is about to pioneer a clever way to kickstart two-way charging.Continue … Continue reading World-first Dutch program will use ride-share cars as a grid battery

World-first Dutch program will use ride-share cars as a grid battery

Renewable energy grids need lots of energy storage – and EVs plugged into charging stations represent a huge, city-wide battery just waiting to help out. The Dutch city of Utrecht is about to pioneer a clever way to kickstart two-way charging.Continue … Continue reading World-first Dutch program will use ride-share cars as a grid battery

Electric Land Rover yacht buggy is the most ridiculous thing of the day

Electric vehicle retromodder Everrati has chosen to take a perfectly good, ready-for-anything Land Rover and retrofit it into a glorified golf cart for shuttling fraction-percenters around the marina and beyond. The “Shore Tender” is a fully electrifie… Continue reading Electric Land Rover yacht buggy is the most ridiculous thing of the day

Revamped Vanacea solar-electric camper rewires American van life

Two of the more impressive names in the boutique camper van industry have come together to officially launch the most capable electric camper van available to buy in the US. Rather than simply installing a camper van interior into an under-ranged facto… Continue reading Revamped Vanacea solar-electric camper rewires American van life

Monocurve e-scoot designed by automotive engineers rolls into production

UK startup Bo has spent the last couple of years working on the design and technology for “the world’s most sophisticated micro-mobility vehicle,” and is now moving to production of the stunning Bo M electric scoot.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Trans… Continue reading Monocurve e-scoot designed by automotive engineers rolls into production