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Sleek carbon fiber Mercedes Sprinter portends new breed of camper bus
8+ min ago (292+ words) Oh, and Reiter Engineering also has a history of motorsport and performance car development. Reiter achieves this impressive combination by building its mini-bus-like body from carbon fiber, delivering an empty vehicle cabin with high torsional rigidity, a very low weight…...
Xiaomi's 1,900 HP Vision GT electric hypercar breaks cover, and it's a looker
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (657+ words) There was a time when the name Xiaomi was synonymous with home appliances. That has changed of late, with the Chinese company venturing into the automotive segment with the 217-mph 4-door SU7 " a car that outsold the Tesla Model 3 in China…...
Aptera solar EV rolls off assembly line for the first time
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (505+ words) It has been a long, twisting journey for Aptera's solar-powered EV (sEV), but we can at last report that the extraordinary futuristic car has taken a huge step toward mass production. Regular readers will have noted our repeated coverage of…...
Mammal-inspired skin sweats to keep batteries cool
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (415+ words) The secret? Our skin and its ability to sweat. A team of researchers from the City University of Hong Kong may have found a way to give batteries this ability, using a Skin-Inspired Adaptive Nanocomposites Cooling Membrane. Taking inspiration from…...
Two-wheel-drive hybrid Yamaha MT-07 comes with hub-mounted front motor
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (868+ words) About 10 years ago, a certain French company called Furion paired a twin-rotor, 654cc Wankel rotary engine with a 40-kilowatt electric motor to produce a massive 180 hp and 151 lb-ft (205 Nm) of instant torque on a motorcycle. It was called the M1 and was…...
First Tesla Cybercab rolls off the production line: Here's what to expect
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (603+ words) The first Tesla Cybercab has officially rolled off the floor at Tesla Gigafactory Texas, and yes, it comes without a steering wheel or pedals. It will operate entirely on Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, and it seems we're not far…...
Unlikely bikemaker might be the next big thing in e-motorcycles
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (546+ words) We've seen some major electric motorcycle unveils in 2025. From Royal Enfield's Flying Flea C6 to Honda's WN7, legacy bikemakers are quickly hopping on the electric bandwagon. But there's one trump card in all the big names " a company that produces more than…...
Leaving water in batteries nearly doubles energy storage
1+ week, 1+ day ago (170+ words) Sodium-ion batteries offer multiple advantages over their lithium-ion cousins. Energy storage, however, isn't one of them. That might be set to change thanks to a new method of creating the batteries involving water-rich cathodes. NVOH was so effective in fact,…...
Upcoming LiveWire Honcho is trying to electrify Americana, but is it too late?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (617+ words) It's been a minute since Harley-Davidson's electric offshoot LiveWire unveiled two new concept motorcycles at the company's Homecoming festival in Milwaukee. Well, the street model of the two, the Honcho, looks all ready now and is currently in its pre-release…...
'R' for rally: Lightweight electric mountainbike dials up off-road power
1+ week, 2+ day ago (773+ words) Specialized spent years chasing the same obsessive idea: that the perfect ebike is one that doesn't feel electric. With the new Turbo Levo R, the company argues it's finally closed the gap " packing one of the most powerful motors in…...