Pictorial: The Concours of Elegance for Children’s Cars

Children's Cars, both powered and pedal cars, are becoming collectors items that appreciate in value. The world’s first elite Junior Car Concours event took place last week as part of the world-renowned Concours of Elegance, staged at Hampton Court Palace in London.

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$1.8-million Vario Perfect ultra-luxury motorhome is 2 Mercedes in 1

Variomobil's new Perfect series flagship, the Perfect 1200 Platinum, is a taste of exclusive real estate atop a triple-axle Mercedes chassis, with three slide-outs and an XXL garage for a Mercedes-AMG GT.

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Volvo’s electric bus batteries to gain a second life in energy storage

We’ve seen the likes of Nissan and Renault make moves to give their electric vehicle batteries a second life as energy storage devices, and now Volvo has revealed plans to do the same with the help of startup Batteryloop.

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Sixteen-year-old sets world’s fastest slalom record for Porsche

Sixteen-year-old Chloe Chambers has set a new Guinness World Record for "fastest vehicle slalom," and Porsche now has a new performance metric to brag about for its 718 Spyder as the most agile car on the planet.

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The Leyat Helica propeller car: A wonderfully bad idea

Today's car designs are mostly variations on a familiar theme, but a hundred years ago, profoundly weird ideas like the Leyat Helica had their chance to compete. Basically a wingless aircraft, it was lightweight, very fast, and a really bad idea.

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La Strada sizes down globetrotting Sprinter 4×4 monocoque motorhome

La Strada started off 2020 by rounding out its fleet with the Nova EB, a compact motorhome with a neatly integrated monocoque that's more than a van, less than a Class C. The new Nova M slims down from there, offering a light, maneuverable footprint.

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Ford Escapes park themselves in automated valet project in Detroit

The latest example of an automated valet service is a collaborative effort from Ford, Bosch and Detroit-based real estate firm Bedrock, in which connected Ford Escapes find empty spaces and park themselves inside a garage.

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McLaren 570S review: The slings and arrows of supercar driving

The problem with supercars, is there’s always a crowd. Our only alone time as a couple was in my tiny garage. Once that door opened and the McLaren 570S was revealed, it was only a matter of minutes before people started showing up. It gets brutal.

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WorkSport to launch a foldable, solar tray cover for pickup trucks

Worksport has decided the flat surface on the back of a pickup truck is a great place for a solar array, so it's launching TerraVis, a photovoltaic, folding tonneau cover that takes power from the sun and stores it bed-mounted and removable batteries.

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