Teen Builds an Electric Celica

Teenager adam lansing has converted a 1980 toyota celica into an electric car he spent four years building his homemade EV. A 30-kilowatt-hour lithium iron phosphate battery pack gives the toyota a 130-mile range. Lansing has now started his own company, hawkeye innovations llc a company that performs gasoline-to-electric conversions. Transcript: ELECTRIC CELICA BUILT BY […]

Microsoft’s ‘Ink to Code’ builds an app UI from your sketches

Sometimes, inspiration strikes in inconvenient places, and the best you can do to make sure the idea doesn’t escape you is to write it down on scraps of paper or a napkin. The latest experimental project out of Microsoft’s Garage program, which encourages employees to work on their innovative ideas, wants to make it easier […]

British firm builds first Tesla Model S shooting brake

Didn’t we just hear about a Tesla Model S shooting brake conversion, you might be asking? Why yes, we did — plus this stretch limo conversion just yesterday. But this here is a new wagonized Model S, from a British customizer that touts it as “the world’s only and fastest electrically powered SportsWagon.” It’s also […]

Dallara Stradale Revealed! Longtime Motorsports Brand Builds One for the Road

– Although it has never been a racing-car constructor in its own right, Dallara has long been one of the most famous names in motorsport. The Italian company has been involved in everything from Formula 3 to prototype racing to IndyCar and is the world’s biggest manufacturer of racing chassis. On a typical weekend, the […]

Alias Grace Review: Netflix's Elegant Murder Tale Builds to a Killer Finish

Patience is a virtue… especially when judging a TV series. My feelings about Netflix’s 19th-century crime drama Alias Grace, which debuts today, see-sawed back and forth as I made my way through all six episodes. There’s a lot to like about it — it’s gorgeously shot and quietly compelling, with a potent lead performance from Sarah […]

Model Behavior: Toyota Builds a Modern, Full-Size Tamiya Bruiser

– During the 1/10-scale, off-road RC boom of the 1980s, toymaker Tamiya’s bread and butter came from the demand for such memorable machines as the Frog, Grasshopper, Fox, Hornet, and Blackfoot; but the company also sold more mechanically advanced radio-controlled cars, like its all-wheel-drive Porsche 959 replica and, of course, the Toyota Hilux–based Bruiser, a […]