Solar Power For Mainstream Cars – Toyota Prius Hybrid Gets Solar Roof (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Toyota Motor Corp is set to become the first major automaker to use solar power for a vehicle. Toyota will install solar panels on some of the next-generation Prius hybrid cars. The power generated by…

Gravity Defying Dynamic Art – BMW Kinetic Installation (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) BMW’s newly opened museum in Munich, Germany houses an incredible kinetic sculpture that is simply amazing. The sculpture utilizes 714 metallic balls that are suspended in air. The balls dynamically move…

Supreme Luxury Automobile – $7.8 Million Maybach Exelero (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sometimes million dollar supercars just aren’t exotic enough. For Fulda, a high end tire maker, price was no object. They commissioned the Maybach Exelero to showcase their tire.

The 700 horsepower…

Designer Car Wraps – Toyota IQ Vinyl Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Thomas Baekdal designed wraps to decorate the super compact 2009 Toyota IQ, as shown in this gallery. The auto wraps basically consist of vinyl graphics that are stuck to the 118 inch long car like stickers.…

Racing Batmobiles? – Toyota F1 Brings Batmobile to British Grand Prix (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In an awesome cross-promotion stunt, Panasonic Toyota Racing joined forces with Warner Brothers to bring The Dark Knight to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix weekend.

That’s right, the iconic Batmobile…

Baby Travel 2.0 – The ‘Tot Pod’ Concept for Samsonite (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Aldo Barreto, industrial design student from Ontario Canada, has designed this ultramodern baby car seat for competition for luggage company Samsonite. Barreto’s goal with this project was to, “Design…

Free Pop – Coke Zero 400 ‘Taste of Victory’ Celebration (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Coca Cola is treating any U.S. resident above the age of 13 years to a free 20-ounce bottle of Coke Zero. The “Taste of Victory” promotion is a celebration of the Coke Zero 400 win by one its 13 sponsored…

42 Gorgeous Supercars (MEGA GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With the Coke Zero 400 on this weekend, we’ve got supercars on the brain, and now we’re going to get you hooked too. If you could get any car, what would you get? Most people would probably pick a supercar.…

660 Lb Eco Cars – Volkswagen One-Liter Car

(TrendHunter.com) Volkswagen has reveled the green car of the future after six years of perfecting the design.

The cute little pod vehicle gets its name for its ability to travel 100 km on only one liter of fuel. Its light…

Eco Cars Without Doors – Peugeot M-Please-V (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One of the designs entered in the Peugeot Design Contest was a multi function, lightweight, simple and economical vehicle, the M-Please-V. The driver and passengers become one with the environment because…

Recycled Tire Seating – The DIY Re-Tyre Lounger (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) TrendHunter.com has featured many ecological furniture designs that use recycled car parts, but it does not get any simpler or more effective than this Re-Tyre seat.

No re-processing or complex manufacturing…

Green Chess – Recycled Auto Part Chess Set

(TrendHunter.com) Kicking it into overdrive, the Recycled Auto Parts Chess set was done by Armando Ramierez. Each piece is a small sculpture made from reclaimed auto parts; for example, the bishop’s heads are spark plugs.…

Fuel Cell Vehicles of the Future – The Revolute (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Will somebody please build one of these neat little cars? How much fun would it be to buzz around the neighborhood or bog in the REVOLUTE? The really cool part? It has a clicker that reconfigures the wheelbase…

Segway-Style Electric Vehicles – The On

(TrendHunter.com) Oil prices seem to be traveling down a one way street, and it is directed upward. To cope with the costs, people are looking for alternatives to conventional transportation methods.

Damien Cally is an…

1930s Style Supercars – Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir Black Blood Edition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Just Released: Photo gallery of the Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir – Black Blood. Bugatti freaks will have a little deja vu because the uber car is inspired by the Type 57S Atlantique from the 30’s. Yes, there…

Sidewalk Pod Vehicles – The Camper Lotus (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) (Insert tongue firmly in cheek) The Camper Lotus is a zero-emission transportation device designed by Patty Yuan. She has conceived the notion that people aren’t fat, don’t need more exercise and sidewalks…

Resurrecting Luxury Sportscars – The Tatra 903 Concept (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Car magazine Auto Design & Styling wanted to resurrect Tatra Motors, the third oldest automobile company (behind Daimler Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot). They commissioned designer Mike Jelinek to create a…

Automobile Fashion – Volvo Truck Collections (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In celebration of its new range of trucks, Volvo has unveiled a new fashion collection of more than a hundred pieces of merchandise. The items are divided into two collections: The FH16 Collection and…

Ultra Light Luxury Sports Cars – The Aspid (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Aspid by IFR Automotive is a lightweight (1,550 lbs) aluminum and carbon fiber luxury sports vehicle that has gone into production and is scheduled to hit the streets later in the year. The gorgeous…

Parcel-Carrying Scooters – The Cargo by Elliot Ortiz (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This attractive scooter dubbed the Cargo was designed by Elliot Ortiz, an industrial design student from San Francisco. The two-wheeled vehicle was conceived as a light cargo vehicle as its name indicates.…