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Latest touring coach from Airstream targets adventurers and nomads with an off-grid-ready rig that’s inspired by the #VanLife movement.The 21-foot Rangeline van rides on a Ram ProMaster 3500 chassis and features a clever generator system that runs on the gasoline in the van’s tank rather than a separate LP canister.Seating for four and sleeping accommodations for two are standard, but an optional pop-top roof provides an extra place for two campers.Interested in joining the Van Life movement but have no desire to craft a mobile living space with your own two hands? Airstream’s latest touring coach—the Rangeline—is a turnkey option that will get you on the road and to your next adventure without having to get your hands dirty. More Ready-Made Adventure MobilesUnlike Airstream’s other motorhomes, which use the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis, the Rangeline is built around the Ram ProMaster 3500 commercial van. That means all models come with a 280-hp 3.6-liter V-6 engine and a nine-speed automatic transmission. The van’s front-wheel-drive platform is ideal for such an application as it provides a low, flat load floor. However, ground clearance isn’t as generous as it is in all-wheel-drive variants of the Sprinter van. If your adventures require occasional off-road trails, the Rangeline may not have the clearance for that. It does, however, offer a towing capacity of 3500 pounds. Since it’s smaller than other motorhomes, Airstream has had to get creative with storage solutions and interior layout in the same ways that DIY van-lifers and tiny-home builders have. It can accommodate two adults on its flip-down double bed while an optional pop-top feature adds sleeping space for two more for an additional $11,694. Overhead storage is abundant, and a clever drawer that’s designed to hold dog bowls slides out from beneath the 3.2-cubic-foot refrigerator. The van’s front seats swivel around so they can pull double duty as loungers, and in lieu of a built-in cooktop, a portable induction hot plate is designed to store in one of the galley’s drawers.A wet bath is hidden behind a silver accordion-style door, and aluminum ceiling panels are a reminder of Airstream’s iconic “silver bullet” camping trailer design. Airstream says it used Lizard Skin insulation—a spray-in product that’s also available to consumers—throughout the design to damp out sounds and help maintain comfortable temperatures inside the Rangeline’s living quarters. The exterior is nicely finished with a fixed running board on the passenger side to aid access to the interior and a manually deployed awning that’s free of side supports, eliminating the fear of whacking your head as you walk into your campsite at night.Like many of Airstream’s other products, including the Basecamp trailer, the Rangeline is equipped with features to satisfy buyers who intend to camp off the grid. It comes with a built-in generator that runs on gasoline stored in the van’s fuel tank rather than a separate source such as LP gas or propane. There’s also a 200-watt solar panel and a 270-Ah battery bank to store electricity. Of course, the Rangeline can also be connected to shore power if you’re parked at a traditional campground, and all of its connections for electricity and water supplies have been cleverly hidden behind a panel on the driver’s side to preserve the van’s sleek, finished appearance.Airstream says the Rangeline is prewired for several different aftermarket options for on-board enhancements such as a Wi-Fi hotspot, a cellphone booster, and a satellite TV antenna. The company also says its target audience for the Rangeline includes singles and couples or families with small childen who want to tour the country or visit nearby locations on short-haul weekend trips. There’s a price for the convenience of a ready-equipped adventure mobile as the Rangeline starts at $134,582. Handmade camper vans can be done on the cheap, but those with high-end features such as those found in the Rangeline can approach a similar bottom line. The Rangeline is available for order now through Airstream dealers and, if you’re so inclined and are in the area, it will be on display at America’s Largest RV Show in Hershey, Pennsylvania, September 14–18.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from OpenWeb. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More

Here’s the first look at a spectacular new hypercar, Pagani’s replacement for the Huayra.The new car sticks with the twin-turbo AMG V-12 engine, which makes 852 horsepower.It will be offered with a manual gearbox—which we hope all 99 buyers select. Pagani is the modern supercar maker that blurs the line between automobile and art more than any other. That remains true with the Italian company’s new model, the Utopia, which you are seeing here for the first time. This is a car that would look as natural sitting on a plinth as in a garage. While many of the design themes are familiar from the previous Huayra, Pagani promises that the Utopia’s structure is entirely new. It was built around three targets set by company founder Horacio Pagani himself: simplicity, lightness, and the pleasure of driving.The first of these qualities is why the Utopia isn’t following the rush of other hypercar makers to offer a hybridized powertrain. Instead, this car will continue to be powered as the Huayra was, by an AMG-developed twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V-12 that produces peaks of 852 horsepower and 811 pound-feet of torque and sends all this fury to the rear wheels. “Carbo-Titanium” StructureLightness is assured by the relative simplicity of the powertrain but also by a core structure that doesn’t use mere carbon fiber; instead, it’s made with Carbo-Titanium, which, as it sounds, is a mixture of composite and high-strength metal patented by Pagani. The combination of a Carbo-Titanium center structure, lightweight carbon bodywork, and chrome alloy subframes means the Utopia is claimed to have a dry weight of just 2822 pounds.The third quality of drivability brings a gloriously unlikely feature back into play: This is—as Horacio has hinted in previous interviews with Car and Driver—a hypercar with the option of a manual gearbox. Admittedly, it isn’t alone in offering a stick shift. Gordon Murray’s GMA T.50 gets one as standard, and the Koenigsegg CC850 has a shift-by-wire manual. Pagani will also offer an automated single-clutch transmission for those who don’t want to save their left legs from exercise, or more likely to avoid the need to learn to drive stick in the first place. Pagani discounted the idea of following the herd and just offering a dual-clutch transmission on the grounds of weight and complexity.From the C/D ArchiveAerodynamically ElegantWe don’t have any claimed performance figures yet, although the compelling simplicity of its power-to-weight ratio means we can safely predict that the Utopia will be stupendously quick. Despite that, the Utopia looks set to quicken pulses as much through its stunning design as its ability to create g-forces. Pagani says the shape is the result of thousands of hours of wind tunnel testing. The hard-working surfaces cut drag and add downforce without the need for anything as vulgar as a racer’s elevated wing pushed into the airflow. As in the Huayra, there are two active elements operating in channels; they’re divided by the brand’s trademark quadruple exhaust, but also part of an oval element when viewed from the back. Other spectacular details include the continued use of leather straps to secure the front and rear clamshells in place, with the rear opening revealing luggage panniers as well as the car’s rear structure. The Utopia sticks with butterfly-opening doors and sits on alloy wheels—21 inches at the front and 22 at the back—with turbine shaped vanes to channel hot air away from the brakes. Look closely and you’ll see these are in the shape of a plan view silhouette of the car itself. The roof incorporates two windows, and a small rear screen reminiscent of the early Lamborghini ‘periscopio’ for rear vision. Behind and beneath this is a glazed engine cover, this offering both a view of the top of the V-12 but also—through another small window—a view of the four dials in the center of the dashboard.Classy Analog InteriorThe exterior is special, but the interior is definitely special-er. Horacio Pagani has previously complained about the trend for the large display screens that dominate most high-end automotive interiors. Utopia buyers will be spared the need to deal with one of those. There is a single screen between the mechanical speedometer and rev counter, but everything else is entirely analog. The cabin is built and finished to a standard that makes other hypercars seem shoddy. The steering wheel is milled from a single aluminum block, as are the individual pedals, and the exposed shifter for the seven-speed manual transmission is a design masterpiece in its own right. It would be a crime to choose the robo-box and order this car without it. While the Pagani Zonda was named after a wind and the Pagani Huayra after a wind god, the Utopia’s title has its origins in medieval intellectual thought. “For the philosopher Thomas More in 1516, Utopia was a place that did not exist,” the official press release intones, “and ever since then the name has been given to the idealized places of which we dream.” Something that seems entirely justified by the finished reality.Just 99 Utopia coupes will be produced, with these set to be built at a rate of just one a week at Pagani’s factory in San Cesario sul Panaro in Modena, Italy, with the first deliveries starting midway through next year for cars fitted with the automated manual gearbox. The manual will follow later. Pagani has also invested the time and money necessary to give the car full federal homologation in the United States—no need for any “show and display” fudges here. Marketing director Christopher Pagani confirms that the entire run has already been assigned to buyers, despite a price that’s the equivalent of $2.5 million. By the increasingly surreal standards of limited-run hypercars, that almost makes it a bargain. This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from OpenWeb. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More

Electrify America is introducing new names for its DC fast chargers: Hyper-Fast and Ultra-Fast.If you can’t immediately identify which of those is faster, welcome to the club. There’s no specific definition for these terms, but at least EA is also using numbers and icons to clarify that Hyper-Fast means 350-kilowatt charging while Ultra-Fast is 150 kW.EA is also introducing new Balanced chargers that will balance the energy distribution among lower- and higher-capacity EVs so that a Chevy Bolt EV on a 350-kW station isn’t stopping someone else from accessing the higher rate of charge.There are discussion threads on the Internet about people debating whether “ultra” or “hyper” is the larger prefix going back at least a decade. We understand the technical reasons people pick sides in these discussions—etymology vs. common usage, for example—but the simple fact is that in the U.S., the difference between hyper and ultra is not exactly set in stone.This brings us to Electrify America’s announcement this week that it will rebrand its DC fast-chargers for electric vehicles so that it’s easier for EV drivers to plug into the charger that best suits their car. The names for the two highest-level chargers are, drum roll please, Hyper-Fast and Ultra-Fast.Electrify AmericaFor some people, the names themselves will explain which is higher, but for the rest of us, the good news is that EA’s similar names can be ignored if you pay attention to colors and icons. Here’s how they differ:Hyper-Fast stations are indeed the most powerful DC fast-chargers. They have a power delivery of up to 350 kW and will use green signs with three lightning bolt icons. When an EV that can accept these higher charging speeds uses a Hyper-Fast charger, it can “provide about 20 miles of driving range per minute of charging depending on the EV’s charging capability.” Many EVs can accept power above 150 kW these days, including the Lucid Air, Porsche Taycan, Hummer EV, BMW i4 and iX, Rivian R1T and R1S, Kia EV6, or Hyundai Ioniq 5.That threshold is important because EA’s Ultra-Fast stations will offer power delivery of up to 150 kW. If your car can’t accept rates higher than 150 kW, don’t plug into a Hyper-Fast station. Instead, look for the teal color and two lightning bolt icons of the Ultra-Fast stations. Again depending on the car’s charging capability, Ultra-Fast stations can add around nine miles of range to a compatible EV for each minute they’re connected.The first 350-kW charging station in the U.S. was installed in 2017, before many EVs that could take advantage of this increased speed were on the market. Now that the cars have arrived—and more are on the way—understanding the difference will make it easier for EV drivers to refill their cars while on the go. Electrify Canada will also use the new names, and the two companies said they hope the new nomenclature will help establish a universal standard. If so, it’s apparently time to just memorize how these names work. Balanced Chargers Will Come in PairsOr not. EA is also introducing new “Balanced” chargers to its network to help keep energy flowing. These new Balanced chargers will be installed in pairs, with each plug sharing a power cabinet. All Balanced chargers will be capable of 350-kW charging, but if two EVs plug in at the same time, they can provide each EV with up to 150 kW. But, if the neighboring stall is unused, then one of the Balanced charges can provide 350 kW. There’s also an in-between level. So, for example, if someone plugs in a Kia Niro EV (max fast-charging speed: 85 kW) at a Balanced station and there’s already a higher-charging EV on the other stall, the software may be able to allocate the remaining power to this second EV.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from OpenWeb. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More

The 2023 Lincoln Corsair is getting updated styling, showing off a taller grille and an updated interior with a 13.2-inch screen.The newly updated ActiveGlide system, Lincoln’s equivalent to the Ford SuperCruise hands-free driving system, is being added for the 2023 model year.Pricing for the Corsair will start at $39,885 for the base model with front-wheel drive. The new models will begin arriving at dealerships in early 2023. The 2023 Lincoln Corsair, the company’s top seller, is dropping its lackluster 2.3-liter turbocharged engine option and will receive updated styling inside and out. On the outside, the front grille is now taller and the daytime running lights have been updated to form the shape of wings. Lincoln is adding two new exterior paint options, Crystal Red and Whisper Blue. More on LincolnThe interior of the 2023 Corsair is also updated. The center screen is increasing in size to 13.2-inches and will now feature Sync 4 technology. The 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster is standard equipment. Lincoln is adding two new interior color themes. The new Smoked Truffle interior features a combination of neutral tans and browns. Eternal Red offers a more colorful option, pairing red leather on the seats and dash with gray and black accents throughout the interior. Ford recently announced the updated 1.2 version of BlueCruise, which is branded as ActiveGlide for Lincoln. Appearing first in the Navigator, the hands-free driving system will be added to the Corsair in 2023. ActiveGlide 1.2 only works on pre-mapped roads and only up to 80 miles per hour. The updated system will be able to perform hands-free lane changes and can suggest a lane change if the car senses traffic is moving faster in a different lane. The system is not able to perform all functions of driving, and the driver is still required to remain alert and ready to take over at any time. Corsairs on C/DLincoln is dropping the turbocharged 2.3-liter inline-four engine option for 2023. That leaves the choice of the base turbocharged 2.0-liter engine or the 2.5-liter plug-in-hybrid (PHEV) version. The 2.3-liter engine shouldn’t really be missed, as our testing showed nearly equivalent performance sticking with the 2.0. Choosing the base 2.0-liter will provide 250 horsepower, while upgrading to the top-of-the-line plug-in-hybrid Grand Touring nets a total of 266 horsepower. The 2.0-liter turbo option tested with AWD provided 30 mpg in our 200-mile highway fuel-economy test. We have not tested the PHEV version yet, but the EPA says it will provide 28 miles of electric range. Pricing for the 2023 Corsair will increase by $2110, starting at $39,885 for the base front-wheel-drive model. All-wheel drive is an additional $2300. The Black Label trim is still not available on the Corsair, making the Grand Touring, starting at $54,580, the highest trim available. The new Corsair will begin arriving in dealerships beginning early 2023. This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from OpenWeb. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More