Transport

A truly unique little car is coming to the streets of Europe mid-year in the Citroen Ami. Cheap as chips and legal for license-free driving, this super-quirky little electric pod goes 70 km on a charge at up to 45 km/h.

One of the options on the 2020 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck is a bed called the CarbonPro. It replaces the usual steel interior of the truck bed with a special carbon fiber that’s both stronger and lighter in weight. We tried it out for ourselves.

Ordinarily, metal bicycle frames are made from joined lengths of tubing. The Pressed E-bike takes a different approach, however, as its frame consists mainly of two pressed aluminum halves that are welded together down the middle.

After three generations, Renault has sold nearly four million Twingos in 25 countries. Now the French auto maker is launching an all-electric version of the city runabout: the Twingo Z.E.

High-end Citroen spinoff DS Automobiles has presented the concept it's taking to Geneva. The all-electric Aero Sport Lounge is a sharp-looking crossover with an arresting interior that aspires to avant-garde as much as aerodynamics.

Techrules is working to transform the micro-turbine generators powering its 1,300-hp Ren supercar into standalone systems. It'll start with a 45-kW version to wire into commercial electrical grids before shrinking it down for everyday electric cars.

VW has raised the ceiling on its SUV lineup with the new Touareg R plug-in. From downtown parking garages, to dusty outskirts of nowhere, the Touareg R puts plug-in hybrid power to use in clean-breathing city driving and quick-bursting highway power.

Last year, Toyota turned its fugly but lovable cabover Hiace into a more attractively proportioned van. Camper van conversion shop Frontline becomes one of the first to create a camper van around the new Hiace, a handsome little two- to four-sleeper.

The sporty, low-slung, all-electric Precept concept takes a decisive step away from from the toothy, repackaged Volvo styling of previous Polestar designs, looking every bit the part of a performance halo.

As ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft have surged in popularity in the past decade, so too have the emissions arising from the transportation sector, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Amelia Island is a concours event of the highest order. For our preview this year, we've assembled all the cars that might sell across these three auctions for a million dollars or more, plus a handful of fascinating cars that will sell for less.

Ordinarily, self-driving cars use cameras and other sensors to "see" where they are on the road. However, what happens if the road markings are covered in snow? Well, MIT has developed a system that lets vehicles look beneath the asphalt instead.