Warding off assassins while saving the environment just became a cake walk with the Jo-Mojo, an upcoming creation by Estonian armored vehicle company DARTZ. This two seat convertible roadster brandishes an 80 horsepower electric engine capable of pushing zero to 60 mph in 9.5 seconds and a top speed of 125 mph — yet most [...]
Sad news for everyone who has ever wanted to drive a car shaped like a sperm down the highway: Aptera, who has been working on an ultra-efficient, ultra-futuristic space fighter on wheels, has run out of both time and money.
When Aptera first started talking about their concept for a fuel efficient car back in 2006, [...]
Japan kind of lost a bit of its tech mojo with the whole robots failing to save Fukushima thing, but this…this is amazing! The Honda Micro Commuter concept car actually merges your smart phone with your car.
Revealed this week at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Micro Commuter is already a winner in terms of purely [...]
Here’s a funny one from the Tokyo Motor Show. Daihatsu’s squarish concept EV van, dubbed the FC ShowCase, is basically a spacious four-seater packing plenty of goodies: a giant wing door, some blue lights on the wheels, an LED panel on the left skirt, side-view cameras instead of mirrors, a funky touch panel steering wheel, [...]
Amongst the many concept EVs we’ve seen at the Tokyo Motor Show this week, Toyota thinks that fuel cell vehicles still have a chance. Hence the above cool-looking FCV-R, an actual functional hydrogen car featuring a multi-LCD panel dashboard along with a driving range of around 700km or 435 miles. Alas, interested buyers will have [...]
Mazda has decided there’s simply no reason why hybrid cars and EVs should have all of the regenerative braking fun. Its new system, called i-ELOOP, is aimed at traditional internal combustion vehicles. But, rather than rely on batteries, the company turned to capacitors which can be charged and discharged in just seconds. The electricity generated [...]
The BMW i3 and i8 concept cars will be shown off at this weeks LA Auto Show, and both cars feature hybrid engines.
The BMW i3 will have around 170 horsepower and will have a top speed of 93MPH, so we suspect this one will be designed to be used around town, whilst the i8 will [...]
Nobody in their right mind would invest in a totaled Ferrari. Then again, designer extraordinnaire Charly Molinelli probably doesn’t have his head screwed right, which is usually a good thing in the design milieu. What he just came up with is a real nice addition to any off-kilter living room. As seen below, the agonized [...]
Back in September, we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Concept One — the first electric supercar from Croatia’s Rimac Automobili. Boasting a full 1,088 horsepower and capable of going from 0-62MPH in just 2.8 seconds, the Concept One is still very much a concept, but today, we’ve got video proof that [...]
Porsche has revealed the new Panamera GTS which will go on sale in February 2012. Based on the all-wheel-drive Panamera 4S, powered by a modified 4.8-liter V8, delivering 430 horsepower at 6,700 rpm. From 0-60 mph in 4.3 seconds with a top speed of 178 mph. The new Panamera GTS other features unique black highlights, [...]
