Electric Vehicles

Mercedes-AMG was one of the first auto enterprises to fully exploit electric tech with the SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive, and now it's back in the lab. The Vision AMG provides an initial glimpse at what its first ground-up EV might look like.

Genesis launches its first dedicated EV, the GV60. The new CUV has just under 250 miles of range and fast-charging to get drivers back on the road in under 20 minutes. A long standard features list includes facial recognition and a "Crystal Sphere."

Although electric scooters are becoming extremely popular, the things are still too unstable for some people. The Afreda S6 was designed with such folks in mind, as it features two front wheels that independently tilt into turns.

The way we move from A to B in cities and beyond is changing. Electronics giant LG wants a slice of our autonomous electric transport future, and is working on a mobile home office or entertainment lounge called the Omnipod.

When Squad Mobility announced plans for a solar-electric city car in 2019, it had only renderings and promises. This week, it revealed the completed Squad, an evolved microcar that still maintains its simple, highly affordable solarized design.

Many of us will be familiar with package deliveries by truck, some may get their hot meals delivered by cargo bike and a few might even have had meds arrive by drone. Now Renault has combined all three for the E-Tech Master OptiModale concept.

Following the announcement that its new production line in Turin, Italy, is now operational, Micro Mobility Systems AG has launched a limited "Pioneer" edition of its cute little Isetta for the modern electric age, the Microlino city microcar.

Iconic 4x4s are rising from the dead at an alarming rate — the Bronco, the Hummer, and now the International Harvester Scout. VW owns the Scout rights and will launch a standalone Scout brand to reinvent utility vehicles from yesteryear as electrics.

Colorado's Lightning eMotors is adding Level 2 and Level 4 autonomous capabilities to electric medium-duty commercial vehicles thanks to a partnership with Virginia's Perrone Robotics, and has already announced its first customer.

Just a couple months after starting E-Transit production, Ford Pro has brought all-electric power down to the midsize segment with the E-Transit Custom. Ford's one-tonne e-van will outdrive its larger sibling, motoring for up to 236 miles per charge.

Potential EV-buyers, take note – a new compact urban electric car is on its way. Announced last week, the e-wave X seats four, features paint-free recyclable polymer body panels, and is claimed to go 240 km (149 miles) per charge.

We see a lot of wacky concept vehicles, but few as nutty as Hyundai's Ultimate Utility Vehicles with their robotic stilt legs. And the company is dead serious about building them, too, with a new development and test facility to be built in Montana.