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Over the past few years, we've seen a number of auto makers collaborate with bike companies for branded ebikes and the latest to join the e-mobility party is Hyundai, partnering with Spain's Rayvolt for a limited version of its eXXite Next Step model.

Voted by 100 of the most respected automotive journalists, the 2023 World Car of the Year Awards also name the Electric Vehicle of the Year, Luxury Car of the Year, Performance Car of the Year, Urban Car of the Year and the World Car Design of the Year.

Never one to shy away from exploring future styling via concept car, Genesis has revealed the GV80 Coupe Concept this week. Its latest concept delves into the brand's more sporting ambitions, showing slung-back dimensions and a coupe-like roofline.

Hyundai's automatic charging robot (ACR) is designed to connect and charge electric vehicles without the driver having to do anything. After showing a CGI animation of the design in 2022, Hyundai has now videoed the working prototype in action.

The Genesis flagship sedan enters a second generation, with the 2023 G90 seeing a full redesign including engine, interior, and price revamps. The G90 is now competing with the high-end European offering.

The Hyundai Elantra sedan was redesigned in 2021 to good effect, with smart styling and a good enough interior for the price point. This year, Hyundai has added a performance-oriented N model, boasting a turbocharged engine and suspension upgrades.

As well as offering a clean and quiet way to get from A to B, some electric vehicles can also power tools or equipment. Hyundai is demonstrating such vehicle-to-load abilities by opening an off-grid glamping experience powered by Ioniq 5 crossovers.

The Hyundai Motor Group bought a controlling share in Boston Dynamics for US$800 million back in 2020, impressed by the potential of its array of world-leading humanoid, quadrupedal and other robots. Now it's investing half that again to develop AI.

The dramatically swoopy Hyundai Ioniq 6 shows that it's more than just a streamliner-inspired 0.21 drag coefficient. It's also a highly efficient electric sedan capable of 379 miles of range, 18-minute charging and lively 321-hp AWD driving.

Hyundai has followed up its hugely successful Ioniq 5 SUV debut with an "electric streamliner" sedan that follows a much curvier design language. The Ioniq 6's drag coefficient of 0.21 places it among the lowest-drag production cars ever made.

An huge natural gas tanker has become the first large ship to make an ocean passage of more than 10,000 km under autonomous control. During its record-breaking run, the 122,000-tonne Prism Courage was able to locate and avoid other ships over 100 times.

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.