New 2025 Subaru Forester unveiled in LA

Subaru pulled the covers off an all-new Forester sport utility at the pre-show to the LA Auto Show. The new Forester features new exterior and interior designs and improved chassis components. It'll be in dealerships in North America in spring 2024.

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Future GM EV motors could swap rare earth with “Clean Earth” magnets

GM is looking to Niron Magnetics to help it eliminate problematic rare earth materials from its permanent magnet EV motors. Niron's "Clean Earth" magnets are claimed to be the only rare-earth-free permanent magnets capable of automotive-grade power.

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Ford Transit Trail becomes all-out adventure camper van – pod by pod

The modularity masters at VanDoIt have officially launched the first camper build atop the Ford Transit Trail turnkey adventure van. The new Moov package fills out Ford's off-road-ready factory van with Lego Technic levels of plug-n-play modularity.

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Fin-topped solar car soars through winds and wildfires to victory

For the second consecutive time, a team from Belgium has landed in first place in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, a competition that sees dozens of innovative solar vehicles race across the often punishing continent of Australia.

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Benchmark’s crazy-loaded AWD camper van expands the scope of adventure

Sprinter AWD camper vans have become so common, it takes something extra to make one stand out. Benchmark adds about as much extra as possible. Its Deso camper has SEMA levels of components, Starlink dish compatibility, onboard bike storage and more.

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BMW’s hydrogen-powered iX5 SUV survives brutal desert heat

Launched in February of this year, BMWs iX5 pilot fleet of hydrogen-powered cars has been getting field tested in countries around the world. Most recently, the passenger car got put through its paces in the punishing conditions of the UAE.

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Mercedes reveals series eActros 600 long-haul electric truck

In development since 2020, and on show in prototype form last year at the IAA Transportation expo, the eActros LongHaul has been given a new name, range-tested in Germany, and now revealed in series production form as the eActros 600.

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Munro adds an exoskeleton to nipped and tucked electric 4×4

Munro Vehicles has revealed its production-refined all-electric utility vehicle, the Series-M. Rolling early feedback into the design, it's sculpted the front-end, revised the bodywork, and added an exoskeleton rack for carrying tools of the trade.

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Airstream Interstate 19X is a nimbler off-grid camper for nomads

Two years ago, Airstream welcomed the summer season in with the Interstate 24X off-road camper van. Now it closes summer out with the Interstate 19X, a smaller playful camper van that helps define the future of outdoor adventure travel at Airstream.

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0-100 km/h in less than a second: Swiss EV team destroys world record

A Swiss student team has absolutely smashed the record for the world's fastest-accelerating EV. Surreal-looking video shows driver Kate Maggetti rocketing from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in a staggering time just under one second. Here's how they did it.

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