All EVs articles – Page 7
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Interior MotivesInterior Motives Spring 2020 Digital Edition
Check out the spring digital edition of Interior Motives, featuring in-depth interior design trends, interviews, sketches and galleries featuring Lexus, GMC, BMW, GAC and more
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NewsPolestar launches annual design competition
Polestar announces a new design contest geared to inspire and promote automotive creativity, open to both students and professional designers
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NewsOpel’s new Mokka design has striking EV Vizor identity
Opel goes full Mandalorian with a new EV grille identity and has released full images of the production Mokka
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ArticleLexus LF-30 - interior design development
Lexus’ electric vision pitched for the year 2030 was designed in the European ED2 studio and began with a very open brief
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Interior MotivesVolkswagen ID.3 - the interior story
From the Winter 2012/20 issue of Interior Motives magazine: Klaus Bischoff, head of Volkswagen Group Design, tells Car Design News about creating the pivotal new ID.3 electric car
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ArticlePrecept - Polestar’s manifesto of intent
The Polestar Precept concept car was intended for a Geneva 2020 launch, and we were fairly excited to have a look at what Polestar had been working on. The Polestar 2 was innovative, in many ways, but was also based on an old Volvo concept. The Precept is the first concept car designed from scratch by the Polestar team.
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ArticleApex AP-0 combines LIDAR with lightness
The Hong Kong backed, British built Apex AP-0 electric supercar intends to gamify track driving for future car enthusiasts. We spoke to the lead designer
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ArticleGeneral Motors and Bollinger introduce new EV platforms
EV startup’s new platform now faces growing competition from large OEMs
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ArticleAre ’quadri-mobiles' the future of small cars?
Over the last ten to fifteen years, a combination of more rigorous regulatory demands and increasing customer expectations conspired to create the finest superminis ever made. One look at cars like the Volkswagen Up or the latest Hyundai i10 is enough to realise that buyers of entry-level models never had it so good
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NewsThe DS Aero Sport Lounge proposes satin, straw and ultrasonic gesture control as the new French luxury
Parent company PSA’s bid to make the historic DS name feel like a truly standalone new brand took another conceptual step in the right direction with its Aero Sport Lounge unveil this week. With the threat of virus contamination stopping real-world Geneva Motor Show proceedings Car Design News got on the phone to DS’s design director Thierry Métroz instead to talk through its importance.
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ArticleHyundai Prophecy wows the internet (if not the crowds)
The Hyundai Prophecy concept has to be one of the (virtual) stars of the 2020 Geneva Motor (No) Show. A cursory glance at social media conversations – from grown-up experts, not trolls – reveals a stream of very positive comments, with favourable comparisons to the classic 1947 UrSaab and also modern-day Teslas, as well as perhaps a sprinkling of 70s Porsche 911 in the rear wing. None of which is to suggest this concept is derivative, but just confirms what we already suspected: that Hyundai’s current design team have good taste, a broad palette and an increasing licence to be creative.
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NewsFirst Sight: Up close with Renault’s shape-shifting Morphoz
Luckily Car Design News had already seen Renault’s Geneva Motor Show concept car up close and personal in Paris a week before the Swiss event got cancelled. Now the embargo has lifted here’s the lowdown on the remarkable vari-sized vehicle and its innovative interior direct from some of the key designers behind the project…
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ArticleVolkswagen unveils ID. 4 ahead of New York debut
First shown as the ID. Crozz prototype at the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show, the Volkswagen ID. 4 has debuted at the 2020 Geneva non-motor show…
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VideoVideo: Hyundai Prophecy concept EV
A striking concept from Hyundai – our design story is to follow – but here’s a video and gallery to whet your appetite
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NewsBMW reveals Concept i4
BMW has launched the near-production Concept i4 gran coupé which, as expected, builds on the design language set out in the Concept 4 from Frankfurt 2019
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VideoPolestar Precept design video
Thomas Ingenlath goes into some detail about the sustainable approach to the interior materials and decries the ‘excessive use of virgin plastics’ in standard interiors. This video also includes an explanation of the animated proximity sensor in the UX
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VideoVideo: Rivian on designing its Amazon van
Electric vehicle specialists Rivian outline the design story behind its new zero-emission delivery van for Amazon
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ArticleAutomotive suppliers buying and spinning their way into high tech segments
As BorgWarner’s acquisition of Delphi Technologies shows, tier one automotive suppliers are turning to acquisitions and restructuring their business to focus on advanced technology, helping to protect margins, avoid commodification and transition to electrified powertrains
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NewsFirst sight: Tata’s new take on the classic Sierra launches in Delhi
Tata’s new Sierra concept has just been unveiled at the Delhi auto show 2020. We got a preview of it last week when we spoke to Martin Uhlarik and Pratap Bose
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ArticleChanging supplier business models will influence car design
A squeeze on automotive suppliers, together with the adaptation of new technology, will lead some major players to play a bigger role in overall vehicle design and in shaping customer user experiences
