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Toyota has filed a patent application for color-changing paint, a technology that could let owners or dealerships quickly change the colors of cars. As Toyota notes in the application—which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on March, 19, but originally filed in 2022—owners may want to change paint colors to
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Lamborghini in 2024 entered both the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship with an LMDh race car competing in the top classes of both competitions, GTP and Hypercar, respectively. Dubbed the SC63, the race car features a hybrid powertrain just like the other LMDh cars, but the internal-combustion component is a bespoke V-8
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A pair of recent General Motors patent filings show potential extendable cargo bed systems for pickup trucks. Such a feature could give drivers the cargo capacity of a long bed when they need it, while maintaining the smaller footprint of a short-bed pickup the rest of the time. One application, titled “Pickup Truck Cargo Bed
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The modern Rolls-Royce Phantom is the automaker’s flagship luxury car, in part because of the pedigree built up by predecessors like the 1930 model featured on this episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage.” It’s one of many impressive classic cars from California’s Nethercutt Collection, and it’s also one one of 25 examples with bodies from New
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Italian automotive design legend Marcello Gandini passed away on Wednesday at the age of 85. His back catalog is one of the most impressive of any designer, and includes notable designs such as the Lamborghini Countach and the BMW Garmisch, the concept that influenced the design of the original 5-Series. Born in Turin to the
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Rivian has filed a patent application for an integrated winch assembly. As described in the patent application, which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Feb. 29, 2024, and originally filed on Aug. 30, 2022, a winch could be mounted behind the front or rear fascia to keep the exterior
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After some delay, Polestar’s 3 midsize SUV is finally in production, the Swedesh performance EV brand said on Tuesday. Production got underway at a Volvo plant in Chengdu, China, earlier this month. Production is also planned for a Volvo plant in Charleston, South Carolina. Pre-production examples are already being built at the Charleston plant and
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