Recuperating power: Charging a prototype Audi e-tron with kinetic energy

Enlarge / A full side view of Audi’s prototype e-tron SUV. (credit: Megan Geuss) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Last week, Audi invited a handful of journalists to go for a drive down Pike’s Peak, one of Colorado’s many mountain tops that rise more than 14,000 feet above sea level. We rose before dawn and shuttled up the […]

Pininfarina-designed Hybrid Kinetic K350 is second concept for Beijing

Following up its teaser of another sedan concept comes Hybrid Kinetic and Pininfarina‘s K350. As you can plainly see, it’s a crossover SUV, the third to come from the two companies’ partnership. The companies haven’t revealed too many details about the vehicle, since the debut is yet to come, but it seems to share the […]

Pininfarina and Hybrid Kinetic reveal the K550 and K750 SUVs

Following up on the H600 sedan debut in Geneva, Hybrid Kinetic and Pininfarina have revealed two more vehicles for Hybrid Kinetic’s forthcoming lineup in Shanghai. One is a midsize crossover called K550, and the other is a large model named K750. Unsurprisingly, they follow closely in the footsteps of their sedan precursor. Up front, both […]