Electric Vehicles

The new ERV from Retreat Caravans brings the race to go electric to non-motorized vehicles. Its lithium battery and solar roof are tasked with running all-season climate control, indoor/outdoor entertainment, electrified kitchen gear and much more.

After first revealing its autonomous electric delivery pod in January last year, robotics startup Nuro has now teamed up with Walmart for grocery delivery by self-driving pod in the Houston metro area.

Last year, Italy's XEV announced a partnership with Polymaker to produce a small electric city runabout called the LSEV. Now the name has changed to the YoYo and the car has moved closer to production with the launch of a Kickstarter campaign.

Germany's Sono Motors has given us a taste of what we can expect the production Sion to look like inside and out, and is now looking to future buyers to help raise €50 million to secure production facilities and more.

Germany's BigRep has unveiled a design prototype of a sporty little number called Loci made up of 14 3D-printed parts, plus an electric powertrain and self-driving tech. Two more concept variants have also been revealed.

When an electric car's lithium-ion battery is damaged or found to be defective, it has to be transported for recycling/disposal in an expensive explosion-proof container. According to a new study, though, such batteries could soon simply be frozen.

The founders of Squad Mobility left Lightyear to pursue a more affordable EV designed to potentially impact the lives of millions of urban commuters. What they've come up with is an electric, four-wheel roll-cage called the Squad (Solar Quad).

Tesla wasn't the only company to reveal an electric pickup truck in November. Neuron EV revealed its own vision of the near-future e-pickup, and it feels like it'll be much more palatable to the general public than Musk's art project.

Volkswagen is determined to prevent the world from forgetting it has an e-van on the way, what with brands and startups eating its e-van lunch. So while the ID. Buzz crawls toward launch, VW keeps our appetites whetted by electrifying another Type 2.

Lexus has made its first decisive steps into the world of zero tailpipe emissions by revealing plans for a battery-powered version of its UX compact luxury crossover, currently on show at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in China.

After the Cybertruck launch, we weren't sure if the camper kit was a planned product or just Tesla showing the ways the Cybertruck could be used. Musk put a quick end to the speculation today, confirming succinctly that the Tesla camper is go.

Tesla's Cybertruck looks nothing like what we were prepared for. Tesla's pickup camper, however, looks like something we've seen ... the late, great Pontiac Aztek. Will Tesla turn its new e-pickup into an equally weird but more capable camper?