This year the post-pandemic auto industry, as well as a rash of start-ups, hit us with this slew of new vehicle concepts and features.

Audi's Activesphere is a luxury sports car concept with a hidden pickup truck bed.

Lancia's stunning Pu+Ra HPE concept car blends '70s, '80s and '90s design cues with the 21st century.

With the Max-Out concept, Nissan unveiled their new "Japanese Futurism" design direction.

MG's Advanced Design Studio revealed the Maze, a gamer-based car concept.

Not a new concept, but spotted again this year, and has aged shockingly well: Marc Newson's 021C concept for Ford, designed almost a quarter-century ago!

This year BMW unveiled both this snazzy concept touring coupé…

…as well as their shockingly-clean Vision Neue Klasse concept:

Ram Trucks showed off their Revolution concept, an EV pickup truck with a host of wild design features.

Mitsubishi joined the concept party with their rugged D:X, an off-road EV minivan.

On the weirder end of things, Shane Chen, the inventor of the original Hovertrax hoverboard, adapted the two-wheel system to his SHANE concept car.

Lincoln unveiled their redesigned Nautilus, with a stunning full-width dashboard screen.

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Italian startup Aehra's concept SUV has a pop-up full-width screen, meant to be used when the car is parked.

Ford revealed their clever two-way Pro Access Tailgate design.

Doing less with less? Polestar's designers decided to get rid of the rear window on the Polestar 4.

Rolls-Royce's Coachbuild division released shots of their Amethyst Droptail, a one-off coupe with what I think are perfect exterior proportions.

Ferrari's Tailor Made 812 Competizione is meant to look like a sketch.

Ex-McLaren designer Steve Nichols un-retired to create the N1A, a beautiful '60s-style roadster.

Yves Behar and fuseproject designed the Telo, an EV micro pickup truck.

The Lightship L1 is a striking-looking, all-electric pop-up camping trailer.

The Cruise Origin, a driverless taxi launching in Japan, was produced in collaboration between GM and Honda.

Pininfarina also designed an autonomous people mover, the Holon:

Lastly, here's a unique way to protect your precious ride while it's parked: The inflatable Car Capsule.