Review: 2023 Mercedes EQS SUV brings electric utility to the EQ Series

What a difference a couple of letters can make. The EQS is a top-end, well-made sedan that hit the luxury market as a fully-electric offering in 2022. The platform under the EQS entered two more models for the EQ Series of 2022-23. But Mercedes promise… Continue reading Review: 2023 Mercedes EQS SUV brings electric utility to the EQ Series

Goodwood world premiere for track-focused Hyundai Ioniq 5 N electric

Hyundai has motored into the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week to debut the first electric vehicle to get a N-brand high-performance makeover. The dual-motor Ioniq 5 N is a faster sprinter, comes with a simulated eight-speed transmission and carries… Continue reading Goodwood world premiere for track-focused Hyundai Ioniq 5 N electric

Student team breaks the 4-minute barrier for EV fast-charging

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

High-tech car cover could protect EVs from changes in temperature

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

Life-size Tamiya R/C buggy ready to star on (adult) Santa wish lists

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

INNengine “one-stroke” waves away conventional engine design

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

Classic 1970s two-seater auto reimagined as a sporty e-tron street racer

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

Nissan GT-R designer pens a lightweight carbon EV “drivers car”

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”

Fiat embraces Riviera motoring with the Ami-like Topolino electric quad

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

AIM presents a Japanese RWD roadster for the electric era

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