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Cars are just too commonplace these days, with so few things to set apart one style or model from the next. Here are some excellent examples of creative hacks, scientific mods and artistic makeovers that will make you marvel at once-conventional vehicle types from cars, bikes and trucks to planes, boats and submarines.

Mobile E-Home: Solar-Powered Electric Motorhome Recharges on the Road

Electric vehicles are often limited by recharge options, a design problem this Dethleffs camper tackles with solar panels and German engineering. Their E.Home concept vehicle has a maximum ...

Ford Disguised a Person as a Seat to Test How We React to Driverless Cars

A Ford van zooming around the Washington D.C. area last month, seemingly without a human in the driver’s seat, wasn’t self-driving after all: it was a man in a ‘seat suit.’ A fake ...

While Waiting for Hyperloop, Sleep Through Long Drives on Cabin Buses

Someday, we’ll supposedly be able to zoom from one city to the next in no time flat thanks to the Hyperloop, but that day is not today. Elon Musk’s high-speed transit system Hyperloop One has ...

Bright Idea: London Street Lights Converted to Charge Electric Vehicles

It sounded kind of far away when announced in 2013, but German renewable energy firm Ubitricity’s plan to convert street lamps to electric vehicle chargers is now underway in London, making it ...

Trash Beats Tesla: This Powerful DIY Electric Car Cost Just $13K to Build

Made from the corpse of a 1997 BMW 528i salvaged from a junkyard and other recycled parts, this DIY electric car beats the Tesla Model S P100D’s mile range at a tiny fraction of the cost. The ...

Ferrari Designer Launches World’s Most Luxurious Sleeper Train in Japan

Public transit meets luxury transport in this elegant and open train design with rich interiors as well as copious windows for viewing the passing landscape. The champagne-colored ...

Dockless Bike Shares: Convenience of Uber & Car2Go for Urban Cyclists

Promising the convenient pick-ups of Uber (found all over) and drop-offs of Car2Go (which can be parked anywhere), new cycle-sharing services aim to overturn the paradigm of dock-to-ride-to-dock. ...

The Cars of Mad Max: Fury Road, Photographed Filth-Free Before Filming

If you’ve ever wondered what the cars of Mad Max: Fury Road would look like all cleaned up, or you want some inspiration for a totally bonkers hot rod creation of your own, check out this photo ...

Stealth Campers and DIY RVs: 15 Creatively Converted Vans

Lurking in a windowless white van gets significantly less creepy when you’ve custom-outfitted the interior with wood flooring, storage space, a kitchenette and a queen-sized bed - right? At ...

Extreme(ly Comfortable) Camping: 13 Rugged Off-Road Trailers

If the standard camping trailer just isn’t extreme enough for you, maybe a compact ‘bug out trailer’ with monster wheels, a full kitchen and a pop-up roof tent will satisfy your survivalist ...

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