Volkswagen is offering a tour and build experience at the company’s Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. Visitors can help build a Volkswagen e-Golf at five different stations, with the help of an employee. The e-Golf will soon be replaced by the ID.3, and in 2021, the tour will be changed …
Read More »Watch This Crazy One-Wheeler Move, Spinning Wildly toward 70+ MPH
This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Engineering students from Duke University have developed the EV360, a monowheel project that’s very challenging to operate. The student …
Read More »Toyota Mirai Hits the Water as Powertrain for a Yanmar Fuel-Cell Boat
Equipped with some high-pressure hydrogen tanks taken from the Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car, Toyota’s new zero-emission boat concept is built for “superior cruising range.” Toyota has a long history working with Japanese company Yanmar on watercraft, including the PONAM-28V from 2016. For now, the H2 boat is just a concept, …
Read More »Toyota Mirai Hits the Water as Powertrain for a Yanmar Fuel-Cell Boat
Equipped with some high-pressure hydrogen tanks taken from the Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car, Toyota’s new zero-emission boat concept is built for “superior cruising range.” Toyota has a long history working with Japanese company Yanmar on watercraft, including the PONAM-28V from 2016. For now, the H2 boat is just a concept, …
Read More »Third-Gen Mazda BT-50 Pickup Has Mazda Good Looks on New Isuzu Platform
Mazda’s next-gen BT-50 pickup, based on the Isuzu D-Max, was unveiled late this week in Australia. The Kodo design language, new powertrain, and Isuzu underpinnings add up to a winner. Sadly, it’s a winner that’s not scheduled to reach the U.S. market. After nine years, Mazda has finally given its …
Read More »The 2020 Acura NSX Is Even Better At Its Base Price
It’s easy to be flippant about money when evaluating supercars. With option packages and performance upgrades regularly costing five figures, the value discussion (if there is one when buying a supercar) tends to fly out the window pretty quickly. But with so many phenomenal performance vehicles out there – and, …
Read More »2020 Ford Escape
Ford brings three different 2020 Escape crossovers to the party, and any of them provides efficient and brisk transportation. Love driving? You’ll want the turbo-4. Love your money? Stick with the turbo-3. Love saving gas? Ford has two hybrids for you, both a gas-electric Escape and a coming plug-in hybrid. …
Read More »2020 Ford Ranger
It would be a shame if the 2020 Ford Ranger were lumped into a category to include “all trucks.” The 2020 Ranger is not a diesel-swilling, lifted, train-sized hauler that hardly fits in your driveway. The Ranger is not a profane sticker with a comic character or an ill-advised tattoo. …
Read More »2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Virtual First Drive: Hitting Its Mark
It’s very easy to see an electric car and get wrapped up in minutiae on its battery size, number of motors, charge rate, or even the electrical infrastructure that underpins the system. With respect to EV folks, this is overly complicated, especially when you consider just how special electric vehicles …
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