Daniel Zlatev

Next Toyota and Lexus electric vehicles to come with Tesla NACS charging port The world's largest automaker has given up on the global CCS charging standard for its future electric vehicles, and will be using [Tesla's NACS](Tesla-open-sources-its-connector-to-take-on-CCS-with-half-the-size-twice-the-power-North-American-Charging-Standard.668196.0.html) ports and connectors instead. Toyota announced that its upcoming electric vehicles, including the [7-seater SUV](Toyota-trademark-hints-at-upcoming-Lexus-luxury-3-row-electric-SUV-to-compete-with-Kia-EV9.735501.0.html) that will be

Solid-state battery maker ProLogium shuns US for US$6 billion factory as Americans are still on the fence about EVs One of the first factories for [mass solid-state battery](Mass-solid-state-battery-production-announced-by-largest-lithium-refiner-as-SAIC-plans-an-EV-with-solid-state-cells-for-2025.719826.0.html) production - that of the Mercedes partner [ProLogium](New-solid-state-battery-design-by-Mercedes-partner-ProLogium-can-increase-a-Tesla-Model-Y-s-range-to-600-miles-on-a-charge.726128.0.html) - will be built in France instead of the US. That's a conscious management decision of the Taiwanese company

The fleet of 21 Tesla Semi trucks that Pepsi received with the help of a US$31 million grant from the California Air Resources Board has been running for a few months already. Pepsi now has a good overview what the Tesla semi rig is capable of, and has shared its observations in a production video

Tesla's country branches keep introducing imaginative merchandise tailored to local tastes, like the GigaBier gift boxes that Tesla Germany sells with design inspired by the Cybertruck. The edgy stainless steel body of its first electric pickup has now been an inspiration for Tesla China to create a... combined cat litter box/scratch board, of all things.