Cleantech & EV’s

The 2027 Lexus TZ is the first purely electric three-row SUV from Toyota’s luxury brand. Ahead of its upcoming launch, the electric TZ was spotted driving in public for the first time. When is Lexus launching the electric TZ? We got our first look at the new 2027 Lexus TZ in May, an upscale sibling to the upcoming Toyota Highlander BEV. It’s based on the same platform as the electric…

Building on its nearly 10-year history, Mercedes-Benz secured first rights to ProLogium’s latest Gen4 solid-state EV battery cells. Mercedes gets priority for Prologium solid-state batteries Battery tech is already light-years ahead of where it was just a few years ago. The next generation of batteries will be even safer and more efficient. Solid-state batteries are widely considered the gold…

Tesla’s racism trial in California opened Monday with a bad day for the company’s lawyers. The first witness testified that a senior Tesla in-house attorney had called him last week and let him believe he was working for the state, according to Law360 (paywall). That same morning, Tesla’s outside counsel told the judge the N-word is a “term of respect and endearment” in the Black…

Mercedes-Benz has signed a definitive production agreement with British self-driving startup Wayve to build its “AI Driver” into future Mercedes vehicles, with integration starting within the next two years. It’s the first time Wayve’s end-to-end driving AI is going into a production car in the premium segment, and it deepens a relationship that already includes Mercedes investing in…