Vintage Electric | GIZMODO.cz

In popular mythology it’s usually the phoenix that’s reborn from the ashes of its past self… but it looks like Hyundai is carrying that metaphor over to the Pony. By reimagining its first-ever mass-produced car as a new, electric-powered hatchback, the Hyundai Pony Heritage Series electric concept feels a lot like a rebirth of sorts, with a more contemporary yet equally retro-punkish design that’s difficult to ignore!

The Pony was Hyundai’s first-ever production vehicle, making a grand debut in 1975 and being available all the way till 1990. Paying a fitting tribute to the very car that put Hyundai on the map, the Pony Heritage Series EV is a modern reinterpretation of the classic affordable hatchback, with an electric beating heart. There’s something undeniably retro about the Pony Heritage Series EV, and it wears that distinction proudly on its sleeve. The car’s design, proportions, and even details are wonderfully vintage, albeit with a few modern upgrades on the outside as well as the inside. On the outside, the EV’s headlights and taillights feature a pixel LED pattern that can also be seen on the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the 45 EV. The rims sport a machined finish that has a retrofuturistic vibe, while the car’s side-view mirrors, located all the way on the front fenders, sport cameras instead.

The insides feel like a modern time machine, with concealed LED lighting on both the doors, leather-wrapped bucket seats, and a brushed-metal dashboard. Within the dashboard sits an all-new steering wheel, featuring a three-spoke design with PONY script in the center and a physical voice control button on the left. However, its spotlight is stolen by the incredibly impressive nixie-tube setup in front of it. Designed mainly for the appeal (since this is just a one-off concept), the dashboard acts as a numeric speedometer, lighting up with the different numbers to show what speed your car is traveling at.

The one-off retrofuturistic Pony Heritage Series electric concept was unveiled as a part of Hyundai’s ‘Reflections in Motion’ exhibition, being held from April 8th till June 27th, 2021. The Heritage Series Pony is on display at Hyundai’s Motorstudio in Busan, South Korea.

Designer: Hyundai

outlaw_bike_1

There’s a lot that the Outlaw Tracker bike achieves in terms of being different. Firstly, its styling sets it apart, at the crux of a motorbike and a pedal-bike… and that’s a good thing too, since The Outlaw Tracker is an electric bike. With pedals on the outside, and a 3,000-watt hub motor on the inside, the bicycle can hit speeds of 36 mph (in Race Mode… It goes up to 20 mph when driven in its Street Mode). A 702 watt-hour battery sits at the very center, the heart of the bike, supplying it with power, while acting as a heat sink, but more importantly, giving it a certain gravitas as well as visual mass.

The styling of the Outlaw Tracker however is something to write home about. Embodying an aesthetic that is very reminiscent of vintage cars, the bike looks like it has the soul of a WWII-era Porsche. However, the motorcycle style inverted-form suspension gives it a different persona… making it a one-of-a-kind car-inspired, motorcycle-esque, electric bike! (Only 50 units of the Outlaw Tracker bikes will be produced, so maybe not literally one-of-a-kind, but definitely a rare piece indeed!)

Designers: Vintage Electric & Emory Motorsports.

Buy from Vintage Electric: $6,995