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Garage Italia turns vintage Fiat 500 Jolly into an electric beauty

Bridget Borgobello June 6, 2019

The Fiat 500 Jolly conversion is part of the Garage Italia's Icon-e project, which celebrates Italy's strong design and automotive culture​ and is dedicated to contemporizing vintage cars and turning them into custom-made electric models. ​

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Marine

All-electric runabouts bring stylish retro cool to quiet and clean boating

Bridget Borgobello July 11, 2019

Canada's Beau Lake has recently launched two stunning electric runabout boats to its collection. The company is no stranger to the classic boat designs of the '50s and '60s, and have once again successfully blended the Riva/Chris-Craft style with modern construction techniques.

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Automotive

Honda details e electric city car "skateboard" chassis

Aaron Turpen June 16, 2019

Honda's new all-electric city car​ project is off to a promising start, with more than 25,000 people having already reserved one. Now Honda has revealed the "skateboard" that will underpin the EV.

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Automotive

Porsche announces plans for fully electric Macan SUV

Aaron Turpen February 26, 2019

Porsche has announced that the next generation of its Macan crossover will be battery electric. The new Macan will become the first all-electric compact SUV​ and the third all-electric vehicle in Porsche's line-up when it rolls out early next decade.

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Aircraft Audio available

Rolls-Royce looks to smash speed record with the world's fastest electric airplane

David Szondy January 2, 2019

A partnership led by Rolls-Royce is building an all-electric aircraft that may smash into the record books with a top speed of over 300 mph (480 km/h) – beating the previous e-plane record of 210 mph (338 km/h) set in 2017 by Siemens.

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Aircraft

For $150,000 you can now order your own Hoverbike

Rich Haridy October 28, 2018

This crazy looking motorcycle-styled hoverbike appeared in early 2017 and we were skeptical the contraption would ever move beyond just an odd engineering curiosity. However, Hoversurf has revealed its hoverbikes are now ready for production and preorders are open, with delivery scheduled for 2019.

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Marine

Ride on water: Pre-sale reservations now available for Manta5 hydrofoiling e-bike

Loz Blain July 24, 2018

​Pre-sale registrations are now open for the Manta5, a Kiwi-built, 400-watt hydrofoiling e-bike that lets you ride effortlessly on water like a life-jacketed, 2,000-year-old Jewish carpenter on a fitness kick.

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Outdoors

GoSun's hybrid solar/electric oven cooks day and night

Michael Irving July 3, 2018

There’s one big problem to cooking with the power of the Sun – half the time it’s gone. To extend the cookouts to all hours, GoSun has now whipped up the GoSun Fusion, which adds an electric heating element to the device.

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Space

ESA test-fires electric ion thruster that could run satellites on thin air

Michael Irving March 5, 2018

The working life of ion thrusters is limited by the amount of propellant they can carry. Now, scientists at ESA and Italian space company SITAEL have test-fired a new type of “air-breathing” electric thruster that could keep satellites aloft for longer, by making them literally run on thin air.

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Marine

Foiler "flying yacht" is a sleek, hybrid-powered hydrofoil

Rich Haridy March 4, 2018

The Foiler from Enata Marine is an impressively styled blend of hybrid diesel-electric propulsion with a retractable hydrofoil system that, quite literally, elevates the luxury yacht while maintaining stability for riders who don’t want to spill their champagne.

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