DeLorean

Tesla Inc. designed its stainless-steel Cybertuck to be something special: the first vehicle for the masses that doesn't require paint. It's no easy feat. The only other company to come close, DeLorean, sold just 9,000 cars before filing for bankruptcy in 1982.When Tesla starts Cybertruck deliveries on Thursday, though, it may have a devised a cheat that DeLorean couldn't: color wraps. A decorative film applied to the vehicle's exterior — and a lucrative upsell Tesla has been trying out in California — could soften the…

Everyone has their favorite pop culture vehicle, but for me, few are as cool as the DeLorean from Back to the Future Part II. Sure, the original one is awesome, and the Western flair of the third one is slick, but we’re talking the flying, Mr. Fusion-having, neon-lights-buzzing version that takes Marty, Doc, and Jennifer back to the future of 2015. It’s iconic.Which is certainly why Bottleneck Gallery and Vice Press are teaming up with one of io9's favorite artists, Tom Whalen, to pay homage to the best time machine in…

Touring kayaks are typically made of plastic, composites or sometimes wood, but unlike canoes, almost never aluminum. That didn't phase Brennen Kunka, however, who recently built his own all-aluminum kayak from the ground up – and it's awesome!So, how did it all start?"Before the build I had been kayaking a few times but never owned one," said Kunka, a 28-year-old mechanical designer and maker-of-stuff who lives in Powhatan County, Virginia. "I knew I wanted to build one, and whenever I make something that I could…

Delorean is working hard to re-establish and reinvent itself as something more than a sci-fi one-hit wonder, and along with its production Alpha5 electric performance coupe, it brought an ultra-futuristic Omega concept out to Pebble Beach.The Alpha5 is a nice-looking machine with enough electric grunt to nail 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in a hair under three seconds. With a battery capacity over 100 kWh and an estimated drag coefficient around 0.23, Delorean says it's good for more than 300 miles (483 km) on a charge. Frankly,…

The effort to electrify an iconic car has run into its first speed bump. Earlier this month, electric vehicle company Karma Automotive filed a lawsuit against DeLorean Motors Reimagined, the Texas-based company that holds the branding rights for the original DeLorean Motor Company (DMC), and four of its employees, alleging stolen intellectual property. More broadly, Karma claims that DeLorean Motors Reimagined only exists because a joint venture between the two didn’t pan out. In a lawsuit filed on August 8th in US…

Finally, after waiting for months, the DeLorean Motor Company has revealed its newest creation the Alpha5 pure electric vehicle. The all-new Alpha5 is an immensely beautiful looking EV that boasts an extremely modern and futuristic design. The new coupe also retains some of the iconic cues like the enormous Italdesign-styled top-hinged gullwing doors and back glass louvres from its predecessor – DMC-12. From the outside, the all-new Alpha5 sports a two-tone finish and a swoopy roofline similar to the automobile shown…

It's back!Alpha 5DeLorean Motor Company has teased a brand new all-electric take on the iconic 80s sportscar from "Back to the Future."The company — technically a new Texas outfit that bought the rights to the DeLorean intellectual property after the original company went defunct in 1982 — gave us the first glimpses of its Alpha 5 vehicle in a series of images this week — and, at least at this development stage, it looks like an absolute beauty.1.21 GigawattsAs expected, the Alpha 5 will feature two gull-wing doors that…

Turned into a pop-culture icon by the Back to the Future film franchise, the DeLorean is coming back to life after 39 long years! And the best part? It’s being reimagined as a whole new EV by the incarnated DMC, which was acquired by Stephen Wynne in 1995, after the original company declared bankruptcy. After months of anticipation since it was first teased, we finally get the first proper look of this unique vehicle. Meet the now-called Alpha5+: Credit: DMC…

Good morning and welcome back! If you had time off yesterday, I hope you enjoyed it. And if you didn’t, I hope you survived your Monday. DeLorean Due to Memorial Day, it was a relatively quiet tech news day, but we did get a glimpse at a new DeLorean. Yes, DeLorean Motor Company is making an EV. should arrive with a 100kWh battery pack, capable of 0 to 60MPH in 2.99 seconds, and a heady $175,000 price. It won't be built by the original DeLorean people but by a Texas company that purchased the rights…

The DeLorean Motor Company has offered an early look at an upcoming all-electric evolution of the vehicle made famous by the Back to the Future trilogy. The Alpha5 sports coupe will debut at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in August.By the time Doctor Emmett Brown revealed his sporty time-traveling car to Marty McFly in the first Back to the Future movie, the Guigiaro-designed two-door DMC had already gone out of production and the company had gone bankrupt. The iconic name resurfaced in 1995 to support existing owners,…