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Gorgeous six-wheel RV raises Mercedes Sprinter camping to yacht grade
July 26, 2024Few RVs make us want to live full-time on the road, but Niesmann+Bischoff has mastered the art of making those few. Its new Arto debuts with multifunctional spaces and furnishings, yacht-like fittings, and enough options to create 26,000 interiors. -
Truck camping kit gives Toyota Tacoma a modular camper van floor plan
July 24, 2024Catapult has a more comprehensive solution for the common pickup camping topper. Its camping system pairs a wedge pop-top with a custom-fit panel designed to support a full camper van floor plan worth of furniture and equipment inside the truck bed. -
Hacking EVs and level 3 chargers through 1920's technology
July 20, 2024Engineers at Southwest Research Institute have discovered a vulnerability in DC fast-charging stations that allows hackers to gain access to your electric vehicle while you're sipping a coffee. -
The $1-million camper van: 2 stories of posh, self-sustaining van life
July 18, 2024The all-new two-story Vanyx camper van looks to offer adventurers an unprecedented blend of land yacht comfort and self-sufficient off-grid capability, for a price. Ingenious, or proof the overland-glamping market has finally pushed its luck too far? -
Review: Can-Am Defender proves supremely useful
July 16, 2024The Defender is a utility item with almost no frills. Like pickups from the 1970s, the 2024 Can-Am Defender offers no creature comforts, little in the way of electronic technology, and nearly everything about it is form derived from function. -
Czinger 21C zings its wingers to the record books at Goodwood
July 16, 2024The 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed felt special this year. For Czinger, it was. Its 21C set the production car class record up the 9-turn, 1.16-mile (1.87 km) hillclimb. The car also achieved the 5th fastest time amongst all competitors. -
Red Bull releases an otherworldly, F1-inspired hypercar
July 14, 2024When the archetypical energy drink giant unleashes its seemingly unlimited resources to create its first car, expect the extraordinary. Red Bull's RB17 is a low-slung aerodynamic rocketship, making nearly twice its own weight in downforce. -
Push to accelerate, pull to brake? New steering yoke ditches pedals
July 13, 2024Stellantis has filed a patent for a yoke-style steering-throttle-braking type of steering "wheel/control", similar to Tesla's approach to the steering-yoke, but deleting the foot controls altogether. Goodbye brake pedal, goodbye accelerator pedal. -
Watch: Record-setting Lotus Evija X smashes itself to bits in seconds
July 12, 2024After recently setting the Nurburgring Nordschleife 12.9-mile track record, the Lotus Evija X lays a smoky trail of rubber straight into the hay bales at the start line at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in two seconds. Not the kind of record anyone wants. -
Review: 2024 Kia EV9 hits three rows just right
July 09, 2024Most mid-size three-row vehicles offer a choice between seven passengers or seven passengers’ stuff. But not simultaneously. Seeing an electric SUV with a usable third row and cargo space ... well, the EV9 just hits right. -
NASCAR stuffs 1,340 horsepower of electric motors into prototype racer
July 08, 2024The National Association for Stock Car Racing and Swiss multinational ABB have partnered to "push the boundaries of electrification" in the sport and beyond. The first fruit was revealed at the Chicago Street Race – a 1,000-kW EV prototype racer. -
Dual-lounge VW camper opens up most relaxing van camping of the summer
July 05, 2024Hobby took Volkswagen camper van life to new levels of comfort and style when it debuted the Maxia Van in 2022. This year, it's introduced a new floor plan with front and rear lounges that offer loads of space for onboard relaxation. -
Koenigsegg Jesko grabs four world records, in preparation for the big one
July 03, 2024Koenigegg has vowed never to make a faster car than the wild Jesko Absolut. This feisty 1,600-horsepower hypercar has now had its first day out on an empty airstrip – and it brought home the bacon, including the coveted 0-400-0 km/h world record. -
All-electric sports coupe fires up sub-5-minute hyper-speed charging
July 02, 2024Twelve months ago, electric car company Nyobolt promised an EV that could be charged in under six minutes. It now has a working prototype on the road that gains 120 miles of range in just four minutes – using existing charging infrastructure. -
World first ultra-large battery dump truck charges continuously on the move
June 27, 2024The "world's first ultra-large full battery dump truck" is being put to work at a mine in Zambia. The prototype will undergo validation testing under operating loads to verify basic performance of the vehicle itself, and the support infrastructure.
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