Automotive

Around this time last year, robotics startup Nuro was granted a deployment permit in California for its autonomous delivery vehicle. Now the company has partnered with convenience store chain 7-Eleven for the first commercial delivery service.

Meet Hennessey's first electric: a 2,400-horsepower, six-wheel-drive, hyper-land yacht called Project Deep Space, featuring the world's biggest gull-wing door and a 4-seat, diamond-layout cabin that's ... shall we say, likely to remain unique!

The inflatable Air-Topper from California-based Flated provides the cargo-containing security of a shell when the driver needs it but gets out of the way immediately when they don't, deflating and packing small enough to take up a fraction of the bed.

Art Basel Miami serves as the premiere venue for the new BMW Concept XM, a preview of the first standalone "M" car since the classic M1. The concept previews the most powerful M to ever step into production, a 740-hp plug-in super-SUV.

When BMW redesigned the X5 SUV in 2019 it became larger and more accommodating while retaining its driver-centric nature and smart interior, but the hybrid model went missing from the lineup. It's back for 2021, along with some efficiency upgrades.

EasyMile has been developing and testing its driverless shuttle at various locations around the world, and has now added another feather to its cap, becoming the first vehicle authorized to operate without a human driver on public roads in France.

Highlighting the present and distant future, Buick has unveiled the Smart Pod concept. The car provides a futuristic vision of pure autonomy, in which occupants are more likely to enjoy a game on the big screen than actually take the wheel.

The Sprinter and Vito have long been the "Mercedes" of van life, underpinning many campers. With the new Citan, Mercedes is eager to get its smallest van in on the action. It recently showed two Citan micro-campers good for leisure and daily driving.

Hyundai has presented a "Concept Seven" electric SUV it says is an "innovative living space on wheels" for a post-driving future. As such, it's all about a modular interior that Hyundai says will be many things to many people.

Kia has found success strengthening its SUV design language, and if the new Concept EV9 is a guide, it will continue. The new concept SUV melds powerful surfaces and flared fenders into a natural EV choice for lovers of large, back-to-roots SUVs.

One by one, every automaker is adapting to the new EV reality. Subaru becomes the latest as it debuts the Solterra. A Subaru through and through, the SUV uses an electric version of Symmetrical AWD for over 200 miles of all-terrain/weather driving.

When Jeep announced an electric Wrangler, and the 4xe brand, heads turned. The benefits of electric motors off the pavement are easily understood by off-road enthusiasts, but are they apparent when combined with the legendary Jeep Wrangler?