Category: EVs
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Rivian Revolutionizes the Midsize Market with R2, R3 and R3X
[ad_1] The EV auto manufacturer debuts its midsize models Courtesy of Rivian Rivian has unveiled not only the expected R2 midsize SUV, but also surprised with the introduction of their previously unannounced smaller SUV, the R3, along with its performance variant, the R3X (in the few hours since the event these two are already dominating…
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Interview: Derek Jenkins, VP and Head of Design at Lucid
[ad_1] The designer speaks to us about the Gravity SUV, design challenges and where we’re all headed Courtesy of Lucid No car at the LA Auto Show garnered more attention than the Lucid Gravity SUV, a recenly revealed follow-up to Lucid’s highly-acclaimed, multi-award-winning Air electric sedan. It’s not by accident. While Air was a six-figure…
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Infiniti Vision Qe Concept – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Three questions about the brand’s stunning new electric car future with Head of Design, Alfonso Albaisa by Michael Frank What you cannot fully appreciate from photos of Infiniti’s gorgeous new Vision Qe concept sedan is that it’s larger than you’d guess—roughly the size of an E-Class Mercedes at the very least. And when the…
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Ford, Volkswagen and MINI Spice Up the EV Segment
[ad_1] The humble hatchback signals a new era of electric car design Courtesy of Ford Electric car purchases have outpaced expectations, even in the US. Looking at the segment you also see a lot of white space on the design front—too many EVs have debuted as near lookalike, pill-shaped forms. There’s a good reason for…
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Rivian Sets Up at New York City’s High Line
[ad_1] From iconic vehicle design to a reinvented customer experience Michael Frank 5 July 2023 Rivian’s senior director of facilities design, Denise Cherry, has a lot of experience digesting the ethos of a company and turning it into the face the world will see. Prior to working at Rivian she cofounded a Bay Area firm…
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Yves Béhar on the Telo Urban Adventure Vehicle – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Imagine the sportiness of a Toyota Tacoma with the utility of a Mini Cooper. This is the vision of Telo, a San Francisco-based startup, and its brainchild, the Urban Adventure Vehicle. An off-road capable EV that’s as much at home in the city as it is in the mountains, which vaunts a 60 by…
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2024 Audi Q8 e-tron – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] In the growing and evolving landscape of electric vehicles, Audi has consistently been early and pushed the boundaries of innovation with their e-tron models with a focused intent to smoothly transition new customers to the EV world. With the introduction of the Audi Q8 e-tron, they have revisited their original electric SUV from 2019…
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Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4MATIC – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] While it’s not the first Mercedes EV (the brand introduced battery-electric vehicles back in 1906), the new Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4MATIC is the first fully electric automobile to define itself as the future of the brand. As part of the carmaker’s Ambition 2039 initiative, Mercedes-Benz is aiming for its entire fleet of new cars to…
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Kindred Motorworks’ Fully Electric Chevy 3100 – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Billed as “the electric pickup you never knew you needed,” Bay-Area startup Kindred Motorworks‘ latest creation, the fully electric Chevy 3100 pickup, is indeed a highly desirable piece of machinery. As they did with their initial classic to full EV conversion, the Kindred VW Bus, the Chevy 3100 pickup gets a tasteful custom treatment…
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Rolls-Royce Debuts Spectre, Their First Fully Electric Vehicle – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Spectre, the first fully electric production vehicle by Rolls-Royce, is a massive two door, four seat “super coupé” that’s longer than most SUVs. Commanding attention though refraining from electrification over-design, its length, the marque’s widest-ever grille, split headlamps, lower stance and evolutionary style convey the car’s presence without shouting. There aren’t many surprises with…
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Unveiling The Polestar 3 Electric SUV – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] “The Polestar 3 is the anchor, the car that is the core of our brand,” says Thomas Ingenlath, the company’s CEO, in Copenhagen this week at the vehicle’s world premier. While Polestar is now five years old and this is their third production model, it’s really the first to be designed and built entirely…
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Citroën’s Electric Car Made from Recycled Cardboard – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Pure, purposeful and defined by extreme horizontal and vertical lines, Citroën’s new electric vehicle concept car, Oli, is a future-forward family vehicle built for a world with scarce resources. Eschewing metal and steel, Oli’s roof and hood, co-created with BASF, are made from recycled corrugated cardboard that forms a honeycomb structure sandwiched between fiberglass…
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] Bacteria-based batteries, a new armored dinosaur, India’s forest bridges and more from around the web A Battery Powered by Bacteria and Sweat Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have engineered a bacteria-based battery that can produce power from human sweat. The key to their innovation is bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, a bacteria that can…
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Cadillac’s Highly Anticipated Luxury EV CELESTIQ Finally Unveiled – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Today, Cadillac unveils their CELESTIQ show car—a stunning luxury sedan that’s set to exist as the jewel of the Detroit-based carmaker’s electric vehicle lineup. Intended to be the embodiment of the brand, CELESTIQ combines futuristic tech and design with classic touches and pristine craftsmanship. We had the opportunity to see the car in Cadillac’s…
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Behind The Scenes of General Motors and Lockheed Martin’s Lunar Rover – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] General Motors designed the original lunar rover that was used during the Apollo space program of the early ’70s in partnership with Boeing. Now the Detroit-based carmaker hopes to return to the moon with a new rover—or Lunar Mobility Vehicle (LMV)—created in partnership with Lockheed Martin. Together, the two companies have designed a prototype…