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It’s often the case that technologies developed for racing vehicles trickle down to the wider automotive market. With an endurance race in its sights, a team of more than 30 students at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands has d… Continue reading Student team breaks the 4-minute barrier for EV fast-charging
Large fluctuations in outdoor temperatures can shorten the lifespan of the batteries used in electric cars – if those cars are parked outside, that is. An experimental new car-cloak could help minimize such damage, by damping changes in temperature.Con… Continue reading High-tech car cover could protect EVs from changes in temperature
The Little Car Company is taking a brief break from shrinking vintage cars into incredible (and exorbitantly expensive) kid-size creations to do the exact opposite: grow a kiddie car into an incredible full-size, street-legal dune machine. One of the c… Continue reading Life-size Tamiya R/C buggy ready to star on (adult) Santa wish lists
With a slogan like “The Future is Ecclectic,” we’d expect some interesting things from INNengine, a startup based in Spain. The company is showcasing a “one-stroke” engine that works as an opposed piston with a wavy twist.Continue ReadingCategory: Auto… Continue reading INNengine “one-stroke” waves away conventional engine design
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”
Stellantis has pulled back the curtains on an adorable electric micro car called the Topolino, which is described as the “perfect urban mobility device” and comes in two distinct styles – one that’s all closed up and another that does away with the doo… Continue reading Fiat embraces Riviera motoring with the Ami-like Topolino electric quad
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
Stellantis-owned Italian car maker Fiat has announced a bigger sister for its 500e city car. The five-door 600e subcompact is designed for city life, but ready for weekend adventures beyond the city limits.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, Transpor… Continue reading Fiat motors into electric compact crossover SUV space with the 600e
Last year, Italian multinational transport company Iveco launched an electric version of its “iconic” Daily diesel workhorse van. Now the eDaily has gone way beyond its towing capacity to drive into the Guinness World Record books.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Iveco hauls in world record for heaviest weight towed by an electric van