Before coming back down to earth with the start of this week's NAIAS, the mobility industry spent some time in bright, blue sky at CES 2019. Forget cars ready to drive home off the lot, CES was focused on vessels and systems built to shift paradigms and solve emerging transportation issues.
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The cars of the 2018 LA Auto Show outnumber the trucks, but trucks and SUVs are the bigger story. The show hosts the much-anticipated Jeep Gladiator, a pair of all-electric adventure trucks, a Ford F-550 dressed up in US$1.8 million clothes, and plenty of other premieres and oddities.
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Over at the São Paulo Motor Show, Nissan is showing how the Frontier can prove a potent force in search-and-rescue. The Frontier Sentinel concept has a raft of upgraded capabilities and components, including a drone-launching platform, portable power station and gear organization.
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We looked at the cars of SEMA last week, and this week we dive into the trucks, utility vehicles and vans. The group includes the usual mile-high trucks and gaudy Wranglers but also some new twists, like Iceland-ready adventure vans, UTV/pickup truck half-and-halfs, and super-sized military jeeps.
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For SEMA 2018, Honda has brought together the separate worlds of its powersports and automotive lineups. Part Ridgeline pickup, part Pioneer 1000 side-by-side, the Rugged Open Air Vehicle is 110 percent off-road fun.
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Ford has unveiled a new concept truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 show in Hannover, Germany. The F-Vision concept is a large commercial truck that combines future propulsion and clean energy with autonomous driving. The F-Vision was designed and prototyped by Ford’s Turkish design center.
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The all-new Nissan Navara Dark Sky Concept is a ruggedized pickup pulling a heavy-duty trailer, but it's not going fishing or camping – it's there to take astronomers far away from the light pollution of civilization. It's essentially a tough, no-nonsense observatory on wheels.
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Renault says that future urban mobility will be electric, connected, autonomous and shared. The EZ-Pro autonomous electric pod concept is all of those things, and sees a manned package carrier at the front of a convoy of driverless, modular pods satisfying the delivery needs of online customers.
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Volvo has just announced a new electric vehicle concept built to tow loads around ports and factories all on its lonesome, so much so they it hasn't even bothered with a cabin.
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The future is on full display at this year's Düsseldorf Caravan Salon. At Bürstner, that means making the caravan look a lot more elegant and comfortable with the Harmony 3 concept. If Bürstner's future becomes reality, expect camping to feel more and more like home.
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