from FutureCars In brief: London-based designer Omar Sagiv has created a solar car design reminiscent of a Sea Ray. The word Unlike many of the science-fair project cars that appear as solar cars of the future, but look more like something a 10th grader dreamed up in a desperate weekend before the assignment was due, the [...]
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SPV Solar Car Concept Goes Beyond the 21st Century
February 16th, 2012 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Concept Cars, EV Cars 
Tags: Omar Sagiv, Solar car, Solar panel, Solar vehicle, SPV, SPV GmbH 
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Tesla Unveils Model X Concept Crossover
February 11th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Tesla Motors’ CEO Elon Musk unveiled the real world concept version of the Model X, a fully electric crossover the company says will enter production next year. Pre-orders for the car are being accepted now and the X has some compelling features that will likely draw a lot of attention – and dollars – for [...]
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UP Vittoria Hybrid 3-Mode Concept
February 10th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Few would argue that the most beautiful automotive designs are consistently Italian in origin. This concept from Italian studio UP is no different, being a visual tour of futuristic grace called the Vittoria. A collective effort by the studio, lead by founder Umberto Palermo, the Vittoria concept is a smooth, flowing look at future automotive. [...]
Solaris Solar Car Concept
February 8th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Most of the time, solar cars are worth at least a blurb in the press and then get ignored. They are sort of the nerdy, socially inept cousin at the family reunion picnic of alternative fuels. Once in a while, though, despite their general impracticality, solar car concepts manage to look really cool – at [...]
MIT’s Folding Concept Car, the Hiriko
January 31st, 2012 Aaron Turpen Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a new urban commuter car that “folds” up for storage, making it much easier to park out of the way, taking up about the same horizontal space as a bicycle. The car, called the Hiriko, has a chance of actually getting built and tested in [...]
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