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S3TR (pronounced “streeter”) is a personal transporter for urban areas that focuses around simple construction to save on cost without sacrificing fun. Riders feel as though they are flying or skiing as they shift and tilt from side to side to control direction and propel forward. Its not only ideal for getting around locally, but  foldable and transportable for switching between S3TR and public transportation or a car.

Designer: Vladimir Bošnjak

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To showcase Metzeler’s new ME888 Marathon Ultra tire, Thunderbike gave this Harley Softail a complete overhaul with custom parts from their extensive new catalog. The beefy tourer is understated yet brawny and with core features including a Harley Davidson TwinCam engine, Thunderbike Airride suspension, and, of course, Metzeler’s high performance tires, this bad boy is road ready. Hit the jump for the full list of specs!

Designer: Thunderbike

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Following yesterday’s popular discussion on Americans and trucks, we got to wondering: Whatever happened to Via Motors? To refresh your memory, back in January we brought you the story of an American company taking fresh-off-the-assembly-line trucks from Detroit and turning them into E-REVs (Extended Range Electric Vehicles): Powerful yet environmentally-friendly 100-m.p.g. beasts of burden. The company estimated delivery of the first models by mid-2013, but that vague date period has decidedly come and gone.

We looked into it mostly afraid to find they’d gone belly-up, but were pleased to find they’re alive and well, and still leaping hurdles on their way to production. Vehicles have to be crash-tested to meet American safety regulations, and even though the trucks Via aims to produce are existing models that have already been crash-tested by their original manufacturer (General Motors), re-rigging them with electric motors requires a whole new crash test. So last month they smashed up a bunch of their cargo van models—and passed with flying colors. “The engineering work done to integrate the VIA’s electric technology has been exceptional and the vehicles have exceeded our expectations in all tests that were performed,” says Alan Perriton, president of VIA Motors. “We are now moving on to complete certification and begin mass production.”

To that end, just weeks ago Via brought their factory online in Mexico, near the GM factory that cranks out Silverados, one of the vehicles Via hacks up. Here’s a look at the facility:

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Ever since we saw Resilient Technologies’ Non-Pneumatic Tires being tested out on Humvees, we wondered if it would ever trickle down to the civilian sector. Well, it has. Off-road vehicle manufacturer Polaris has announced their new Sportsman WV850, a “military-grade” ATV kitted out with the NPTs.

“We have seen great success with NPTs in military and disaster relief scenarios,” said Dovid Longren, Vice President of the Off-Road Division, “and are excited to bring this technology to the consumer market for extreme work applications.” While it’s unlikely your average contractor will need to drive 350 miles after his tires have sustained “.50 caliber ballistic damage,” as Polaris has done in testing, it is nice to know that the NPTs have also been tested for 1,000 trouble-free miles of travel with a three-inch railroad spike jammed into the tread and structural webbing. With that kind of durability, you can get away without carrying a spare, meaning there’s more room to haul stuff.

It’s not clear if Polaris has licensed Resilient Technologies’ original design or entered into some kind of partnership; RT’s website hasn’t been updated since 2011. But Polaris has re-branded the NPTs “Terrain Armor,” and as you can see in the promo video, they look pretty bad-ass:

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This twist on the e-bike travels back in time to 1865, the year BASF was founded. This was also the time when the wooden “Dandy Horse” invented by Karl Drais was given its first pedals, and as velocipede launched the bicycle on the road to global success. As a tribute to this era of technology and invention, BASF and the DING3000 design studio have developed a velocipede with today’s state-of-the-art technology – including 24 high-performance plastics, specialty foams, epoxy resin and polyurethane materials from BASF.

Designers: BASF & DING3000

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