Automotive

For the last year or so, Volvo CE has been field testing an ECR25 Electric compact excavator and a L25 Electric compact wheel loader on jobsites in Southern California, and is now reporting that they will go on sale in North America from next year.

As fun as American and European small camper vans are, no one does a proper micro-camper quite like Asia. The latest to grab our attention, the Honda N-Van solo kei camper is about as simple and tiny as possible while still delivering mobile shelter.

Back in 2018, Los Angeles-based startup Eli Electric Vehicles announced an electric microcar called the Zero for relatively short, low-speed jaunts around town. Now the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle has entered an initial production run.

Something like a Triumph Spitfire for our eco-obsessed times, the Aura concept debuts with a roof- and window-free bio-composite shell, electric powertrain and efficiency-optimizing HMI that help it deliver 400 miles of quick, sharp Sunday driving.

Freizeitmobile dives inside the tiny Fiat Doblo to create a mini-camper (with toilet!) that moves freely around the city. With a kitchen that swaps out for seats, it doubles as a daily driver, cementing itself as a versatile city-to-mountain MPV.

Behold, ye fast, ye foolish, ye fiscally blessed and ye family laden. Brabus has deigned to furnish worthy garages with a 900-horsepower GLE-based SUV capable of 330 km/h (205 mph). This should be sufficient for most trips to the shops, no?

A new entrant called Jewel E has rolled into the electric bus game and might just take things to the next level, taking the shape of a big and bright red people-mover with claims of unparalleled range.

Everyone who's driven laps around a packed parking area has had the thought at least once: Why can't my car shrink down to squeeze into a tiny space? Finally, it can – at least if your car is the all-new Israeli-designed City Transformer.

With the new Rocket Mountain camper van, Rocket Camper transports its unique floor plan to a rugged MAN TGE 4x4 platform, inviting adventurers to string together expeditions from patches of hot desert sand, high-alpine granite and loamy forest floor.

Acura completely redesigned the MDX sport utility for the 2022 model year. It’s new look features some harder edges and simpler design language overall. Inside, everything is changed. Thankfully, many of these changes are for the better.

Toyota leaves behind the V8 and leaf springs, debuting an all-new Tundra pickup with twin-turbo V6 and hybrid powertrains, a robust standard driver-assistance package, a new 14-in infotainment system and an upgraded suspension with adaptive damping.

UK startup Fering is gearing up to build electric vehicles for cross-continental explorers. It's starting out with the Pioneer, a go-anywhere brick outhouse of a thing designed for monster range figures under the most extreme circumstances on Earth.