Toyota is promising big things for the Lexus LFA EV sports car, but will we ever get to see it?

This is car news, not home energy news, so it has no real bearing on your house or upgrade plans. But here's the gist.

Lexus is bringing back its LFA sports car as an electric vehicle. Toyota showed the LFA EV concept publicly at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and the person who led its design says the production version is nearly finished, with a planned launch in 2027. It shares structure with Toyota's GR GT and GR GT3 race cars, but trades the original's V8 engine for a battery-electric powertrain.

The bigger question is the battery inside it. Lexus is expected to use Toyota's long-promised solid-state battery, a technology that charges faster, packs more energy into less space, and holds up better in extreme temperatures than today's batteries. Toyota has pushed this technology's release back repeatedly, from 2021 to 2022 to 2025, and now to 2027 or 2028. Given that Toyota has also delayed or canceled other EV projects recently, including another Lexus model, there's real reason to wonder whether this timeline holds either.

None of this affects home electricity use, rebates, or upgrades. It's simply a look at where Toyota and Lexus say their electric performance cars and battery technology are headed, and whether the company can finally deliver on years of solid-state battery promises.