Rand’s latest motorboat offers electric cruising for up to 10 people

After focusing on speed with the launch of the Leisure 28 Electric in March, Rand has opted to take things a little easier for its latest model. The Mana 23 offers displacement cruising for 10 passengers at 5 knots for up to 100 nautical miles.

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Flying V long-distance plane makes its first flight as a scale model

Last year we caught wind of an interesting airplane concept called the Flying V. The project has now progressed from renders of a futuristic aircraft to a flight-capable scale model, which was recently shown in action for the very first time.

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Flying V long-distance plane makes its first flight as a scale model

Last year we caught wind of an interesting airplane concept called the Flying V. The project has now progressed from renders of a futuristic aircraft to a flight-capable scale model, which was recently shown in action for the very first time.

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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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Vertical Aerospace joins the tilt-rotor race with new VA-1X eVTOL

Moving on from the squat, chunky Seraph and its basic manned multirotor design, Britain's Vertical Aerospace has released designs for an upcoming five-seat tilt rotor air taxi it's calling the VA-1X that can take advantage of efficient winged flight.

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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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Honda takes the CBR600RR fully electronic for 2021

The venerable Honda CBR600RR gets a full makeover for 2021, including an electronic throttle and an inertial control unit. So as well as a power boost, it gets lean-sensitive traction control, ABS, wheelie control, power modes and other goodies.

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Delage returns with a 1,100-horsepower, $2.3-million tandem hypercar

A historic French brand is set to return with one of the most extreme hypercar designs ever. The new holders of the Delage brand are squarely focused on the Nurburgring lap record with the monstrous D12 and its 7.6-liter, naturally aspirated V12.

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$70K Ram 1500 TRX puts 702 hp to work ripping the Ford Raptor apart

There's a new "apex predator, in the truck world," Ram declares in introducing the new 702-hp 1500 TRX. More than just some extra horsepower (okay, a lot) under its scooped hood, the TRX has been reworked from the tires up for furious off-roading.

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