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5 days ago | 
cardesignnews.com | Guy Bird
Design Driven: Polestar 3 vs. Polestar 4
Car Design News pits the Polestar 3 against its newer, younder sibling in an all-in battle royale.Which slice of Chinese-funded scandi-minimalism will win out in this design face-off
We’ve been complimentary about Polestar in general and its latest 3 and 4 models in particular since their initial long-lead unveils in 2022 and 2023.
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2 weeks ago | 
wallpaper.com | Guy Bird
There’s a deliberate design simplicity to electric truck start-up company Slate, which is hoping to fill a gap in the American EV market for something environmentally conscious and affordable.
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3 weeks ago | 
wallpaper.com | Guy Bird
Some cars win awards for their theoretical attributes and capabilities, but the all-electric Kia EV3, revealed in 2024, delivers in the real world too. The recently crowned 2025 UK Car of the Year and 2025 World Car of the Year is not just a cracking stand-out design – featuring the chunky elements of its bigger EV9 sibling in a more acceptable size for Europe – but an accomplished car to drive and be driven in too.
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3 weeks ago | 
cardesignnews.com | Guy Bird
Let’s start by breaking down the meaning of the new material’s Circutex name: ‘Circu’ references the longer word ‘circular’ because the material is made from recycled plastic waste as part of a ‘circular economy’ that reuses old materials to make new ones; while the ‘tex’ part of the word is important because the final product is a coated textile, as opposed to other artificial solutions on the market.
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1 month ago | 
wallpaper.com | Guy Bird
Nissan truly trailblazed in the full-electric vehicle segment 15 years ago with the mass-market launch of the Leaf in 2010. It quickly became the world’s best-selling EV, long before most traditional brands – and even then-newcomer Tesla – had mainstream models on sale. But despite that strong start, Nissan failed to maintain that electric leadership as the aforementioned Musk-mobiles plus many others caught up and overtook.
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1 month ago | 
cardesignnews.com | Guy Bird
Sixth sense: Micra returns electric
As the sixth generation of the Micra is reborn as a full EV, Car Design News sneaked into a small and secret lock-up in south London to see the car up close and personal and ask the ever-affable European studio interior design manager and ‘Nissan Lifer’ Bert Dehaes to explain more
Given the new Micra was designed in London, it was appropriate that the new Nissan supermini got its sneak preview in the English Capital earlier this month.
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1 month ago | 
wallpaper.com | Guy Bird
Sometimes radical and mostly independent, Japanese carmaker Mazda has a history of making affordable well-engineered cars. With interesting powertrains, from rotary engines to range extender EVs – that are also usually fun to drive, some of these cars – from the RX-8 to the MX-5 and even the MX-30 – also feature innovative design.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Guy Bird
1 day agoWhether you’re taking kids to soccer practice or going on a road trip, these SUVs have the best cargo capacity in their segment. Let’s face it: Life gets crowded. Between strollers, diaper bags, groceries, soccer gear, and maybe even a golden retriever or two, your car can start to feel like a game …
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1 month ago | 
cardesignnews.com | Guy Bird
Exclusive Q&A: Masashi Nakayama, Mazda’s global design boss
Car Design News visits Hiroshima to exclusively talk with Mazda’s global design boss Masashi Nakayama about his varied inspirations, the importance of clay and the art of lawn-mowing
Masashi Nakayama is general manager of Mazda’s global design division, overseeing studios in Hiroshima in Japan, Irvine in California and Oberursel, just outside Frankfurt, Germany.
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2 months ago | 
wallpaper.com | Guy Bird
The atmosphere in central Seoul around Gwanghwamun Square in early April was certainly lively, as South Korean citizens awaited their Constitutional Court’s decision on whether to uphold the president’s impeachment on Friday 4th (the Court did, and unanimously so). On the same date, those seeking distraction from the drama could alternatively visit the first public day of the 2025 Seoul Mobility Show at Kintex, the Korea International Exhibition Center, to the north-west of the city.
