Design Concepts

Albemarle Corp., the world’s biggest lithium producer, is expanding as quickly as possible and evaluating new opportunities as buyers of the battery metal struggle to keep up with surging electric-vehicle demand. The company plans to start sales from a new plant in Chile early 2022 and from an expansion in Western Australia around the middle […]

Stephane Janin joins GAC Design after 20 years at Renault where he designed and led many influential concept cars, such as the Renault EZ series and Renault Trezor. During his time at Renault, he also worked with various brands within the group umbrella and partners, including Dacia, Alpine, Samsung, Infiniti and Nissan, in various design

Acura on Friday revealed the first details of the 2022 MDX Type S. Pricing for the SUV will start in the “high-$60,000 range,” with deliveries scheduled to start in December, Acura said in a press release. Instead of the standard MDX’s naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V-6, the Type S gets the same turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 as

The Swedish brand, led by designer Thomas Ingenlath, chose ‘progressive’ as this year’s theme. An exclusive feature of the global Polestar Design Contest is the one-on-one coaching and support from the Polestar Design team. Entrants first submitted sketches, which were assessed by Head of Design Maximilian Missoni and a panel of Polestar designers. The finalists

A former Rivian executive sued the electric truck maker ahead of its public share offering, claiming she was fired last month after complaining about the company’s “toxic bro culture” and gender discrimination. Laura Schwab, who was vice president of sales and marketing at Rivian, and had previously , claimed she was “abruptly” fired after she

Panasonic is preparing to mass produce large-format 4680 battery cells for Tesla, and facing new manufacturing challenges as part of that process, the head of the company’s new consolidated battery division in a recent interview with Nikkei Asia. “In terms of product development, the technological goals have largely been achieved,” Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO of Panasonic’s

Subtlety, thy name is most definitely not Mansory. The German tuner has revealed its latest subject, an Aston Martin DBX outfitted with the company’s signature gaudiness. If you can look past the visual assault, however, the car is notable for being the first tuned DBX. Mansory modified the Aston’s AMG-built twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 engine with

SEVEN showcases  Hyundai’s future design and technology innovation in the electric mobility era and hints at a new SUV model coming to the IONIQ family, the company’s dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV) brand. The images reveal a form following function design that dares to diverge from traditions of the internal combustion engine era. SEVEN’s lighting

Tesla has once again made changes to the Model 3 lineup, including a price increase for the base version. The Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which was previously the de facto base model, has been replaced by an unnamed base rear-wheel drive Model 3 trim level, per Tesla’s website. All-wheel drive Long Range and

The 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee has a price, and unsurprisingly, it’s more expensive than the generation before it. Jeep’s new base price is now $39,185, netting you the rear-wheel-drive Laredo model that is only available with the 3.6-liter V6. That price includes the exorbitant $1,795 destination charge. Overall, the base Grand Cherokee sees a $2,130