Design Concepts

It has become de rigueur for automakers to offer up some sort of free charging offer with their new electric vehicles. Toyota is the latest to get added to the list with today’s announcement that buyers of the upcoming bZ4X all-electric CUV will get one year of complimentary charging through EVgo, which Toyota calls the […]

If you’ve ever crossed a drawbridge and thought you’d hate to get caught there while it’s doing its thing, here’s a scary look into just what that’s like. The video above shows a car crossing a bridge in Lantana, Fla., over the Intracoastal Waterway. The Honda Accord begins to cross the bridge, and the safety

On Tuesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Tesla over paint-related Clean Air Act violations at its Fremont, California, plant.  The total cost of the penalty for violations spanning nearly three years is $275,000, or the retail equivalent of about four base Model Ys.  Tesla delivered about 936,000 vehicles globally in 2021.

In 1996, Porsche debuted its newest 911 Targa with an expensive mechanical twist. Instead of the Targa’s traditional, removable roof panel, the 993-series 911 featured a glass roof that slid back, like a giant sunroof, to rest just ahead of the rear window. Based on a patent application filed in January 2021 and picked up

The CyberKat from Spyker Workshop is a remote-controlled miniature vehicle that can be modified with attachments to become the coolest snowblower you’ve ever seen. The vehicle is a successor to the Spyker Kat 2X, a project created to eliminate the harmful fumes created by gas snow blowers, and one that you can 3D-print yourself, if

And then there were two. More than a decade after the F-150 Raptor hit the market, the Blue Oval has created the Bronco Raptor. The Raptor pickup truck became more of a success than Ford even anticipated. Now, maybe the Raptor SUV can, too. On Monday, the 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor was unveiled with a

The MSRP calculus going on at Ford right now is so fluid that we’re not sure anyone at Ford can keep up. It won’t help to watch Ford’s configurator, either, apparently. We recently posted on more price bumps slated for a range of Ford models on February 15, including a $1,500 upcharge for all trims

New Jersey-based Specialty Vehicle Engineering (SVE) has turned the 2022 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 into a high-powered weapon that can take on the larger Ram 1500 TRX. SVE’s Colorado ZR2 Xtreme Off-Road packs a 5.3-liter supercharged V-8 producing 750 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque. That’s more horsepower than the TRX, albeit less torque. The Colorado

It appears that someone in Stellantis’ Pomigliano d’Arco Assembly Plant in Italy couldn’t keep their cellphone to themselves. Video uploaded to the Alfa Romeo Club Italia Facebook page, then quickly removed, purports to show Dodge’s brand-engineered version of the Alfa Romeo Tonale in the same factory where the Alfa will be built. The Dodge is

A redesigned Ford Ranger mid-size pickup truck was revealed last fall and is confirmed to start sales in the U.S. in 2023. It won’t arrive on its own, though. Ford on Tuesday revealed a high-performance Raptor variant that’s also set to reach U.S. showrooms next year. That’s a huge deal as the previous Ranger Raptor