Category: Design

Öhlins joins Cake and Vattenfall on Cleanest Dirt Bike Ever initiative

Posted by Kevin Jost | Nov 3, 2022 | Design, Electrification, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Vehicles

The company aims to produce the world’s first zero-emissions motorcycle suspension to help produce the cleanest motorcycle possible by 2025.

Dodge reveals updates to electric Charger Daytona SRT Concept at SEMA Show

Posted by Kevin Jost | Nov 1, 2022 | Aftermarket, Design, Electrification

The battery-electric muscle car concept gets three powertrain output levels and Direct Connection upgrades, a new Stryker Red exterior color, lightweight carbon-fiber wheels, and drag radials—and consumer clinics will give input on the Fratzonic Chambered “exhaust.”

Meyers Manx resurrects iconic dune buggy as an EV

Posted by Kevin Jost | Aug 26, 2022 | Design, Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

At The Quail in conjunction with Monterey Car Week, entrepreneur Phillip Sarofim and auto designer Freeman Thomas showed the new Manx from the re-energized Meyers Manx brand seeking 50 “pioneers” to experience the new EV and give input to help develop the final vehicle coming in 2024.

Polestar O2 becomes 6 production electric roadster

Posted by Kevin Jost | Aug 25, 2022 | Design, Education, Vehicles

Revealed in Los Angeles in March as the O2 concept, the Polestar 6 electric hard-top convertible will be built on Polestar’s bonded-aluminum platform and 800-V electrical architecture.

Model L100 electric concept celebrates 100 years of Lincoln

Posted by Kevin Jost | Aug 19, 2022 | Autonomy, Design, Electrification, User Experience, Vehicles

Paying homage to the 1922 Model L, Lincoln’s first luxury vehicle, the new electric vehicle concept took center stage at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to signal the brand’s future vision with aero-influenced styling and immersive interior for the “sanctuary of tomorrow.”

Dodge previews electric future with Charger Daytona SRT concept

Posted by Kevin Jost | Aug 18, 2022 | Design, Electrification, Vehicles

After a long wait, the Stellantis U.S. performance brand pitches the car as the future of electrified muscle with three game-changing features—an aerodynamic front wing with a Dodge design twist, a loud EV performance “exhaust” sound, and a multi-speed transmission-shifting experience.

TransPod’s world-first aircraft/train hybrid can travel at over 620 mph

Posted by Kevin Jost | Aug 5, 2022 | Business Development, Design, Electrification, Infrastructure, Startups, Vehicles

The FluxJet pod unveiled in Toronto last month represents groundbreaking Canadian innovation with the promise of drastically improved affordability, travel time, and carbon footprint enabled by “technological leaps” in contactless power transmission and veillance flux.

All-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre testing shifts to the French Riviera

Posted by Kevin Jost | Aug 1, 2022 | Design, Electrification, Testing, Vehicles

After winter testing near the Artic Circle near Arjeplog, Sweden, the global testing program continues, with a million kilometers to go before customer deliveries of the Electric Super Coupé begin in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Sono reveals solar EV production design for the masses

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jul 27, 2022 | Business Development, Design, Electrification, Vehicles

At its “Celebrate the Sun” community event this week, the company unveiled its affordable, €25,126 Sion family car due in 2023 and a new Solar Bus Kit for B2B customers.

Boom Supersonic refines Overture design for 2024 production

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jul 25, 2022 | Business Development, Design, Manufacturing, Startups, Vehicles

The supersonic airliner gets a tapered fuselage, sculpted wings, four engines, and a “world’s first” automated noise-reduction system, and the company announced partnership updates with Northrop Grumman, Collins Aerospace, Safran, and Eaton as it plans for 2025 rollout, 2026 flight, and 2029 for first passengers.