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Electric Cars

Abarth 600e

Compact but far from cuddly, the Abarth 600e is a small but shouty EV with a sting in its tail

Abarth’s second performance electric car, the 600e ramps up the branding to make a bold statement inside and out

Genesis adds electrification to the G80 and favours long-limbed, chauffeur-loving owners

The Electrified G80 is Genesis’s flagship model, a refined EV saloon that brings Bentley-level refinement without costing the earth

By Shawn Adams Published 31 July 25
It’s Tesla vs Rivian as two new brand-centric charge stations highlight divides in EV attitudes

Hollywood’s shiny new Tesla Diner is a world apart from the Rivian's latest station, the Hamptons Charging Outpost

By Jonathan Bell Published 23 July 25
A mighty concept coupé from Mercedes-AMG rewrites the electric performance car rulebook

The Mercedes-AMG Concept AMG GT XX is a four-door coupé that explores new approaches to battery tech, brake cooling and aerodynamics. As a sign of things to come, it can’t be ignored

By Jonathan Bell Published 27 June 25
Waymo brings more self-driving cars to California – with sights set on New York

If you live on the eastside of LA, you can now catch a Waymo to work

By Charlotte Gunn Published 19 June 25
Slate is an ultra-simple EV truck intended as an affordable and customisable workhorse

Slate designer Tisha Johnson discusses her role at the US electric truck start-up, a company that wants its customers to have complete freedom of expression

By Guy Bird Published 10 June 25
We drive the World and UK Car of the Year, the all-electric Kia EV3

The new Kia EV3 is an EV for the masses that doesn’t skimp on design detail, features and overall functional elegance

By Guy Bird Published 5 June 25

The Peugeot E-5008 is an adept but ostentatious take on the all-electric SUV

Peugeot has swapped its seductive design language for something shoutier and less discrete as it attempts to conquer the electric SUV segment with the new E-5008

By Jonathan Bell Published 2 June 25
The Micra (finally) goes electric as Nissan ramps up its range of EVs

The compact Nissan Micra was once a global bestseller. After getting an early head start on electric mobility, the Japanese giant is looking to a new version of its small car to recharge its status

By Guy Bird Published 28 May 25
Mika Cars wants to build the Mino, a sporty, ultra-compact electric two-seater for the open road

An evolution of Mika’s Meon electric beach buggy, the little Mino is an ultra-light EV with big-car aspirations

By Jonathan Bell Published 29 April 25

Genesis X Gran Equator Concept

Our pick of the reveals at the 2025 New York Auto Show, from concept SUVs to new EVs

Interest in overseas brands remained strong at this year’s NY Auto Show despite the threat of tariffs designed to boost American-owned brands

Mercedes-Benz previews its next-gen people mover with an ultra-luxury EV concept

The Mercedes-Benz Vision V Concept is an art deco picture palace on wheels, designed to immerse passengers in parallel worlds as they travel

By Jonathan Bell Published 22 April 25
2025 Seoul Mobility Show report: all that's new and notable

Opened at a time of high national drama, the 2025 Seoul Mobility Show has gone on to underscore Korea’s place at the cutting edge of the auto industry. Guy Bird was there

By Guy Bird Published 10 April 25
Meet the final drivable prototype of the Telo MT1 pickup truck, shaped by Fuseproject

The Telo MT1 is a modestly scaled EV that turns the traditional all-American approach to pick-up truck design on its head

By Jonathan Bell Published 7 March 25
EV start-up Halcyon transforms a classic 1970s Rolls-Royce into a smooth electric operator

This 1978 Rolls-Royce Corniche is the first fruit of a new electric restomod company, the Surrey-based Halcyon

By Jonathan Bell Published 6 March 25
China’s Leapmotor pounces on the European car market with its T03 city car and C10 SUV

Leapmotor’s tiny electric city car could be just the tonic for cramped urban Europe. We sample the T03 and its new sibling, the fully loaded C10 SUV, to see if the company’s value proposition stacks up

By Jonathan Bell Published 19 February 25
Wallpaper* takes the wheel of the Bentley Blower Jnr for a rich automotive experience

Hedley Studios has shrunk the mighty Bentley Blower into this all-electric, road-legal barnstormer. We take it to the streets of London

By Jonathan Bell Published 29 January 25

We are the world: Pininfarina’s ‘Orbis’ taps Papal support for an eco-friendly agenda

The Orbis is a ‘symbolic object’, a gift to Pope Francis from the Italian design agency at a time of political upheaval and social fracture around all aspects of sustainability

By Jonathan Bell Published 24 January 25
Yves Béhar describes his approach to design, built around a core of sustainable processes and positive social impact

Yves Béhar is the Swiss-born American founder of Fuseproject, a San Francisco-based multidisciplinary design studio with an outpost in Lisbon. Béhar's work is held in collections at both MoMA and SFMoMA and includes everything from mobility design to medical technology, robotics and high tech start-ups

By Yves Béhar Published 20 January 25
The exclusive Callum Skye EV reveals its interior style ahead of a 2025 launch

The Skye is a bespoke sporting EV with a lightweight ethos and an unconventional design. The forthcoming car now has a fully finished interior

By Jonathan Bell Published 11 December 24

Jaguar Type 00

La Vie en Rose: can the Jaguar Type 00 reset the narrative surrounding the brand’s reinvention?

This is the Jaguar Type 00, the first physical manifestation of the reborn brand’s new commitment to ‘Exuberant Modernism’. We take it for a semiotic spin

Revived Scout Motors reveals two all-electric utility vehicle concepts

As Scout throws the covers off its debut Traveler SUV and Terra truck concepts, Wallpaper* speaks to its chief design officer Chris Benjamin about the reborn brand

By Jonathan Bell Published 14 November 24
Cadillac extends its EV portfolio with the new Vistiq, a luxury three-row SUV

If you absolutely have to drive an SUV, the launch of the Cadillac Vistiq means the marque now offers a full suite of electric options

By Jonathan Bell Published 12 November 24
Kia fields a pair of all-electric camping concepts, the PV5 WKNDR and EV9 ADVNTR

The 2024 SEMA show saw two new concept designs from Kia, exploring the art and function of the all-electric camping machine

By Jonathan Bell Published 10 November 24
The new Smart #5 takes the brand's essential character upmarket and offroad

Kai Sieber, head of design Smart at Mercedes-Benz Design, discusses the evolution and style of the new Smart #5

By Jonathan Bell Published 9 November 24
Looking for a long-range luxury EV that’s a true Tesla alternative? Welcome to the Lucid Air

We drive the Lucid Air, the high-performance Californian EV that’s a welcome leftfield choice in a sea of Musk-mobiles. Vote Lucid!

By Guy Bird Published 3 November 24
New breed of all-electric camper vans promises zero-emission adventures

Embrace the fast-expanding world of electric camper vans and RVs – from full conversions to tantalising future concepts – for silent running and zero emissions

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 25 October 24

All hail the arrival of true autonomy? On Tesla’s proposed Robotaxi and techno-insecurity

Tesla’s new marketing push predicts a future of robot cabs, automated buses and autonomous home androids. We already want to get off

By Jonathan Bell Published 13 October 24
We report from the theatrical, laser-lit launch of Lynk & Co’s first European EV, the 02

In the future, will we treat cars like streaming services and simply subscribe to them? That’s one way that Lynk & Co envisages customers getting into their cars, including the new 02 EV

By Jonathan Bell Published 12 October 24
We make off with a MOKE and experience the cult EV on the sunny backroads of Surrey

MOKE is a cult car with a bright future. Wallpaper* sat down with the company's new CEO Nick English to discuss his future plans for this very British beach machine

By Jonathan Bell Published 8 October 24

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