We expect new cars to be better than old cars, given how much engineering and legislative effort goes into improving them. So when you update your daily driver – a move that most of us experience as quite costly – it can be hard to accept that its user-friendliness has gone backwards in certain…| New Atlas
The Ram TRX is no more, the Hellcat going to the great dirt track in the sky. To replace it, Ram has introduced the 1500 RHO, which has a 3-liter Hurricane engine. The company made sure it was more powerful than the Ford Raptor's, of course. Marketing is important.| New Atlas
Dodge has no intention of dooming its muscle cars to obsolescence as the world switches over to electric vehicles. In fact, its latest Charger Daytona SRT Concept shows that its electrified muscle car lineup will be even sharper and more tunable than its traditional ICE line. The new Charger…| New Atlas
Dodge has announced a new series of muscle cars and the return of gasoline-powered performance. The 2026 Dodge Charger Scat Pack models mark the next-generation of muscle under the name Sixpack.| New Atlas
After breaking 23 production car records in a single day back in May, the Rimac Nevera has now taken on the fabled Nurburgring Nordschliefe track in Germany, and comes away as the fastest electric production car the 'ring has ever seen.| New Atlas
Two years ago, Mercedes-AMG knocked Lamborghini off the top of the Nürburgring Nordschleife production car chart with a 6:48.047 time in a GT Black Series. It was very good news for the folks at AMG, especially since they were deep in the works on the even fiercer 1,000-hp One street-legal race…| New Atlas
On a beautiful warm summer day in southern Germany, little-known McMurtry Automotive took its Speirling PURE car to the Hockenheim Racetrack with former Formula1 racing driver – not to mention current Goodwood Festival of Speed record holder – Max Chilton, in tow.| New Atlas
On a damp track, in the cold British winter, this British electric hypercar (with a huge unfair advantage) just ate the Rimac Nevera's lunch, doing a 1.4-second 0-60 mph sprint and a 7.97-second quarter mile despite being severely speed limited.| New Atlas
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), the largest battery manufacturer in the world with a 38% share of the global market, has just announced some fairly significant breakthroughs in battery tech that aren't just theoretical; they're already hitting the market.| New Atlas
The company best known for churning out affordable smartphones and other consumer electronics – that may or may not be reporting back to the CCP – just made the fastest electric sedan on the planet to lap the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife racetrack.| New Atlas
It was set up to be the ultimate nerd movie showdown: a bare-faced challenge to the masculinity of America and a re-definition of the word "tough." Elon Musk stutteringly unveiled the company's super-weird Cybertruck pickup at a lights-and-lasers Hollywood event that would've made P.T. Barnum proud…| New Atlas
Well, Elon Musk warned it wouldn't look like anything the world was imagining, and he made good on that claim. The Tesla Cybertruck looks absolutely nothing like any speculative renderings prepared us for and, good or bad, nothing like anything we would have thought up if given a million chances.…| New Atlas
We continue to be amazed by how much functionality Japanese kei camper builders can squeeze into the tiniest vans on Earth. Oka Motors takes it to yet another level with its recently remodeled Miniature Cruise Cozy. The ingenious indoor/outdoor layout transforms in several directions, enabling a…| New Atlas
HySE, a Japanese research association that includes some of the country's best and brightest in hydrogen engines and off-roading, such as Honda, Toyota and Yamaha, is preparing a hydrogen ICE-powered side-by-side for debut at Dakar 2024. The all-new HySE-X1 will look to help prove the viability of…| New Atlas
It was starting to feel like pop-up pickup toppers (like this one or this one) were destined to look quite similar from brand to brand, but along come the innovators at Rossmönster to introduce the most unique design the ever-growing pop-topper market has seen yet. Not only is its all-new Lagom…| New Atlas
The American RV market has plenty of prohibitively expensive Ford-based campers, from US$2 million EarthRoamers to $135K Loki base camps, so it's always nice to find one that's truly affordable. The Ford Maverick is a natural place to start, as the least expensive pickup truck in the US, but its…| New Atlas
Honda doesn't just want to power future vehicles with solid-state batteries; the company wants to develop and ultimately mass-produce the batteries itself. Solid-state tech represents a deep-anchored cornerstone of both its midterm electric vehicle plans and its greater goal of achieving full…| New Atlas
Imagine how cool it would be if you could order a brand-new Wrangler with an integrated camper package straight from Jeep. Even something as simple as a hanging bed would get buyers driving off the lot in a no-nonsense adventure 4x4 ready to roam and disperse-camp anywhere vaguely accessible via…| New Atlas
Immediately after watching Elon Musk stumble through yesterday's reveal of the insane Cybertruck, we (and probably everyone else watching) jumped onto the Cybertruck website to double-check specs and look for photos and videos. We were quite surprised to find that one of the few photos floating…| New Atlas
Elon Musk has an idea of how one might transform the sharp-angled Tesla Cybertruck into an overland camper, but the breezy walls and compact interior of a small pop-up aren't for every adventurer. Las Vegas-based startup CyberLandr has stepped in to show an alternative: a telescoping camper that…| New Atlas
Love the all-new electrified incarnation or not, the Volkswagen Microbus is finally making a return to the US market. And with it, the Volkswagen camper bus – and some promising sub-$100K camper van options in general – also make a much-welcome return to US shores. We had the chance to test the…| New Atlas
Although best known for its bikes, Yamaha is working on a rather gorgeous-looking electric sports coupe with Caterham EVo. The concept debuted last year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and promises 268 horses for its impressively low curb weight.| New Atlas
Battery tech firm ProLogium has taken the wraps off its 100% silicon composite anode battery. Highlighting its potential for use in EVs at the ongoing Paris Motor Show, the Taiwanese company claimed a major leap in energy density and charging efficiency, promising 186 miles (300 km) of range from a…| New Atlas
German automotive supplier Mahle has been hard at work on next-gen electric drive systems, and it's also been exploring other critical components to help make vehicular electrification a more viable reality. At September's IAA Transportation show, it revealed a thermal management fan that borrows…| New Atlas
Is there any vehicle more adorable than a sub-4-m (13.1-ft) Japanese micro-camper van? Maybe a next-gen micro-camper built into an ultra-versatile van platform that also works as a commercial goods-hauler, micro shuttle and mobile pop-up shop? And since we're looking ahead to the future, why not…| New Atlas
The world's largest battery manufacturer, CATL, announced on Thursday a new style of battery destined to create a cleaner, longer-range generation of plug-in hybrid vehicles. The Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery debuts to give PHEVs and extended-range electrics (EREVs) the type of zero-emissions…| New Atlas
German camper brand Vanderer has proven itself a master at transforming the smallest vans into warm, cozy wheeled tiny homes with a layout that goes above and beyond the average mini-camper. It goes simpler for its second floor plan, deconstructing the camper van into a series of smart, versatile…| New Atlas
Panasonic has announced it's ready to begin mass production on its long-awaited 4680 lithium-ion battery cells, specifically designed to boost range, power, charging and efficiency in electric vehicles, while also reducing cost.| New Atlas
Nissan may not be known for camper vans in the US (or vans at all, at this point), but it continues to release intriguing designs abroad. It's currently busy with the official launch of its MyRoom sleeper van in Japan, and it's designed a very different spin on van life for Europe. The automaker…| New Atlas
We're not entirely sure why, but Porsche really wants you to camp on, in and around its cars. The 911 isn't even the first, second or third Porsche vehicle we'd wildly imagine driving on a camping trip, but it is the one that served as the exhibition platform for the official Porsche rooftop tent…| New Atlas
When engineers at Stanford University first unveiled their autonomous drifting DeLorean back in 2015, they did so with plenty of future upgrades in mind. After a few years of tinkering, they have now equipped the car with some serious driving chops, sending it sideways around a kilometer-long…| New Atlas
We've looked over many an all-terrain VW Transporter camper van on the floor and grass of some of the world's largest camper and overland shows over the years. The production model that continually pops up as the alpha dog of the bunch is the Terracamper Terock. Not only does this versatile, little…| New Atlas
America's Shelby Supercars has more or less abandoned its world's fastest car claim after eagle-eyed YouTubers pointed out a number of embarrassing, possibly costly discrepancies in its video of the SSC Tuatara making a claimed 316-mph two-way run.| New Atlas
When some ambitious supercar startup gets up on the dais and says it's introducing the fastest car in the world, you stop what you're doing for a moment to listen but then walk away thinking, "Yeah, I'll believe it when they clock an actual record." But when an established player like Koenigsegg…| New Atlas
Hydrogen combustion engines are inefficient, costly to maintain and worse for the environment than fuel cell or battery powertrains. But they're also noisy and fun, so automakers are starting to pitch them as a greener option for die-hard motorheads.| New Atlas
Formula E's dirty little brother, Extreme E, only had its first race in 2021, but it's already attracted drivers of the caliber of Jensen Button, Sebastian Loeb, Carlos Sainz and Nasser Al-Attiyah. It's a single-make off-road race series, pitting all-electric Spark Odyssey cars against one another…| New Atlas
After a couple of hell-raising concept iterations, Alpine's hydrogen combustion fire-and-ice Alpenglow super-racer is finally prepped and revved to take the track. It'll make its dynamic debut next month at the Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours endurance event in Belgium, running its hydrogen combustion…| New Atlas
Yep, that's a big head. But there's a method to the Franken-headed madness – the cartoonishly massive roof on the new Vanyx camper van is a habitat in itself, splitting the van into separate floors for sleeping and daytime living. The new all-German camper looks to bring an unprecedented level of…| New Atlas
When the archetypical energy drink giant unleashes its seemingly unlimited resources to create its first car, expect the extraordinary. Red Bull's RB17 is a low-slung aerodynamic rocketship, making nearly twice its own weight in downforce.| New Atlas
After recently setting the Nurburgring Nordschleife 12.9-mile (20.8-km) track record, the Lotus Evija X lays a smoky trail of rubber straight into the hay bales at the start line at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in two seconds. Not at all the kind of record anyone wants.| New Atlas
Most mid-size three-row vehicles offer a choice between seven passengers or seven passengers’ stuff. But not simultaneously. I have a family of five. When we go somewhere, we bring a lot of stuff: folding chairs, musical instruments, snacks, sunscreen, extra shoes – all of the accouterments that go…| New Atlas
For bragging rights to be the world's fastest car, Nurburgring Nordschleife is the benchmark. The Lotus Evija X – an all-electric hypercar – entered the 'Ring, looking to take the crown from the Mercedes AMG-One on the famous racetrack in Germany.| New Atlas
