Electric Vehicles

Hyundai's Insteroid concept looks like something straight out of a Disney Cars movie. It's based on Hyundai's city-friendly Inster EV, which is vying for the 2025 World Car of the Year title, and comes inherent with a fair dose of tuner culture.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a way to enable rapid EV battery charging at awfully low temperatures – up to five times as fast – without reducing the batteries' energy density.

In today’s edition of What the Heck, we have the case of Ford wanting to put what is essentially a fake manual shifter on its EVs. The company has applied for a patent that aims to bring back a traditional element of driving – the feel of shifting gears.

Like many oddball ideas, the JackRabbit micro ebike began as a crowdfunding project in 2018. The cross between a compact bike and scooter has been growing in power and size ever since, with the new Pro models being the most beastly yet.

Some 20 years after it was first founded, San Diego, California-based startup Aptera has taken its solar-powered electric vehicle out on a proper 300-mile road trip – the first time it's been filmed doing so.

Yangwang, the Chinese carmaker that brought us the [Mach 5 inspired?] jumping/dancing U9 electric hypercar, isn't shy when it comes to boasting about the off-kilter feats its vehicles can deliver. This time it's rooftop Wing Chun on the new U7.

Remember Verge? Yes, the same brand that took it upon itself to almost reinvent the way motorcycles look. Well, the folks at Verge took its TS Pro moto on a rather ambitious trip – a 850-mile trip from Monaco to Madrid competed in 24 hours.

For several years, the Nissan Leaf hatchback led the charge in global EV sales after it hit the road in 2010. Next year, it's getting more than a facelift: it's being reimagined as a compact SUV with loads more range for the freeway.

Renault is reviving its rally spirit for 2027 in the form of the R5 Turbo 3E, an electric hot hatch with far more power and torque than you can shake a stick at – 536 hp and 3,540 lb.ft, to be precise. Can you wait it out until this arrives in 2027?

Innovative electric car maker NIO and leading battery manufacturer CATL have formed a partnership aimed at building the world's largest battery swapping network, while also promoting unified standards and technologies.

China is back with another engineering marvel. This time, in the form of BYD’s new battery system which is capable of an EV with 250 miles (400 km) of range in just five minutes — roughly the same amount of time as refueling an ICE vehicle.

Mercedes’ “compact sedan for the electric age” has arrived and boy is it stuffed with electric capabilities. Developed on the brand's MMA platform, the 2026 CLA EV will go on sale in the fall of this year, with a hybrid version to follow soon after.