This is the new face of the Fisker Karma, the luxury plug-in hybrid whose parent company went to the wall last year. But it’s not only the Karma’s gap-toothed grin that’s disappeared: its plug-in hybrid powertrain has bitten the dust, too, replaced by a GM-sourced V8 – a supercharged lump boasting 638hp and 640lb ft.
Hydrogen- and solar-powered vehicles are on the streets. So are cars that can get you through stop-and-go traffic while you sit back and send texts from behind the wheel. Cars are even using radar, ultrasonic waves and cameras to jump into the passing lane and get around slowpokes.
Ford’s Fiesta compact is back in Japan despite failing a decade ago in a market dominated by Toyota and other powerful local brands that specialize in small cars.
Members of the media inspect a prototype of three-wheeled car, the brainchild of Paul Elio, founder and CEO of Elio Motors, on the sidelines of the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) January 9, 2014 in Las Vegas
In the annual Euro NCAP test ratings the Chinese manufacturer’s first ever production car has scored the highest marks of any vehicle tested over the course of the year.
