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While Westfalia Americas was busy this week with a US relaunch, the brand's German HQ was showing its own new products. The Club Joker Urban camper arrives as a small, versatile Ford Nugget alternative ready to escape into the open-skied yonder.

Hymer is diving into nostalgia to lay the foundation of a new camper van future. The all-new Eriba Car brings back some timeless style and flash of the classic VW camper bus but on a modern VW Crafter van filled out with a warm, homey ambiance.

Bürstner revealed the Habiton micro-camper concept last August, and it's quickly followed up with the Habiton 2. The new concept camper loses the inflatable rooftop tent and rides as a four-sleeper family van with a light, minimized interior.

ZeroAvia is working with San Francisco startup Verne to bring an even more energy-dense form of hydrogen to the clean aviation space. Cryo-compressed H2 could reduce costs, speed up fueling, and unlock 40% more flight range than cryogenic liquid H2.

With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.

A Dutch startup says everyone's hugely underestimating the potential of battery-electric aircraft – that it's possible to build large battery-electric airliners covering distances most assume we'll need hydrogen for. Elysian plans to prove it.

Very much following in the moto-inspired tire tracks of the likes of Super73 and Juiced, VinFast is rolling into the US ebike market with a model called the DrgnFly that was reportedly designed in collaboration with Dutch studio, Eskild Hansen.

If you're looking for an ebike that's good for commuting and dirt tracks or mountain trails, then a gravel bike could provide the versatility you need. Spain's Crow Bicycles has launched new lightweight Gravital models with SRAM wireless shifting.

Back in 2020, Swiss high-end bike maker Stromer unveiled a version of its ST5 ebike with integrated anti-lock braking. Now the company has launched a variant in North America featuring Pinion electronic shifting.

"This thing's gonna be a chungus!" In the northern tip of Idaho, 70-odd miles from Spokane, Washington, a magnificently silly project is underway: a colossal batpod of a motorcycle with a KTM motor, monster truck wheels, and hydraulic steering.

MIT's Electric Vehicle Team has taken to the racetrack with a Ducati 900SS that's been gutted and converted into a hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle, hoping to start collecting a few fossil-fuelled scalps. It's also open-sourcing the design for others.

Chinese/Austrian mobility company Horwin has announced its entry into the US motorcycle market with the launch of a futuristic-looking "urban adventure vehicle" in the shape of the Senmenti 0 e-moto, along with two electric concepts.

A San Francisco startup that launched at the 2021 Palm Beach International Boat Show has announced that it will begin ferrying Stripe employees to work on its flagship N30 six-passenger foiling electric boat from March.

A year ago at CES 2023, Mercury Marine presented its first electric outboard ever, the Avator 7.5e. For this year's show, it cranked up the power to present the most powerful models of the all-electric Avator lineup.

After debuting a hydrofoil water bike a few years ago, Jetcycle seems to have realized not everyone is up for the task of vigorously pedaling a foil. It's now adding an e-trimaran variant that kicks in e-assist and stability to ease the ride.

While it's always important to accommodate bicycle commuters, bike parking spots on trains can't seat non-cyclists when not in use. An experimental setup currently being trialled in Switzerland, however, may soon change that.

The UK's Riley Scooter is gearing up to launch its award-winning RS3 electric scooter across the American market this April. Billed as the world's first high-quality, easily foldable, compact scooter, the RS3 is an attractive ride for city dwellers.

People looking for an ebike alternative can already choose between electric scooters, skateboards and roller skates. With the debut of the Skwheel One system, they now have another option – electric skis.