NOUVELLES MOBILITES

These electric cars & trucks use battery-swap recharging, offer immediate replacement if damaged, and roll out at prices down to $0.25 per hour, with no upfront fees... That's $6 a day plus electricity. The idea is potentially massively disruptive.

Pour une nouvelle vision de l'industrie​ automobile plus proche de celle de nos maisons que de nos t-shirts. Lormauto c'est la fin des voitures jetables.

Les VAE et les vélo-cargos sont désormais communs en milieu urbain, mais d’autres véhicules intermédiaires, entre la voiture et le vélo électrique, pourraient les rejoindre.

Il a été fondé par Thibaud Elzière après le rachat de Nosmoke, un autre fabricant lancé en 2012 et qui s’occupait de transformer des petits tout-terrain en voiture électrique.

En Chine, la Wuling Hongguang Mini EV devient la première voiture fonctionnant grâce à un système d'abonnement.

L’entreprise israélienne City Tranformer vient de sélectionner le lieu de son usine de production européenne. En France, Kate annonce un nouveau modèle.

There are now a number of companies working on eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) "air taxis," most of which look a bit like larger versions of consumer quadcopter drones. The eCopter is different, however, in a way that could make it more likely to see real-world use.

Hyundai has developed a new active aerodynamics system for electric vehicles, in the form of "active air skirts" ahead of the front wheels that can increase downforce and stability, while reducing drag and improving highway range.

China's Xiaomi is probably best known as one of the world's top smartphone makers, but the company has a diverse product catalog that includes such things as a robodog and an ebike. Now it's rolling into the automotive space with the SU7 electric sedan.

As is the case with their gas-burning counterparts, electric cars are limited in spaciousness and design by the layout of their drivetrain. The Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation have set about addressing that issue, with their radical new Universal Wheel Drive System.

For the past decade, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has been pushing forward on a near-frictionless high-speed capsule system it ultimately hopes will revolutionize both passenger and freight transport. Its latest introduction, the Express Freight system uses a fully automated combination of…

Ammonia has been proposed as a clean fuel for ships, airliners, trucks and trains, but China's GAC believes it could also have a future in passenger cars. It's built a combustion engine to test the theory, capable of reducing emissions by around 90%.

Nous décryptons dans cet épisode une tendance qui fait de plus en plus parler d’elle dans l’automobile, c’est la Low Tech. Un anglicisme qui se traduit littéralement par « basse technologie” et s’oppose de manière assez explicite au high-tech.

Ambitieuse, l’entreprise basque Vela veut rebattre les cartes du fret maritime transatlantique avec une offre fortement décarbonée et taillée pour la filière

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La Coalition des Microvoitures regroupe six marques de quadricycles lourds. Le but : faire bouger la réglementation pour rendre ces modèles plus attractifs, avec l'espoir de représenter jusqu'à 30 % du marché automobile.

La Seagull, nouvelle venue de la marque BYD, ne coûte que 10 000 euros et semble déjà prédestinée au succès.

Florida's LuftCar has designed a real burger with the lot: a hydrogen-powered jeepney van that backs into a special detachable airframe to turn into a high-speed, long-range, cruise-capable vectored-thrust eVTOL, perfect for island hopping.

When most people think of electric mobility scooters for seniors, they likely picture rather unexciting-looking, decidedly "uncool" vehicles. The fully-enclosed all-wheel-drive Tectus, however, looks like the scooter Rick Deckard might have used in Blade Runner 2049.

Tesla owners are becoming deeply frustrated with their vehicles not being able to charge as cold temperatures grip Chicago.

Hyundai has presented a new wheel and tire design that incorporates built-in snow chains that deploy and retract at the push of a button, potentially putting an end to the fiddly, freezing process of wrapping and removing traditional snow chains.

There are a surprising number of folding electric scooters out there designed to fit in a basic backpack or even shoulder bag, but Japanese personal mobility company Shimizu has even bigger ... er ... tinier aspirations. It's currently refining a prototype it says will be the world's smallest and…

Stellantis has pulled back the curtains on an adorable electric micro car called the Topolino, which is described as the "perfect urban mobility device" and comes in two distinct styles – one that's all closed up and another that does away with the doors.