Automotive
November 3, 2020
Lexus' LF-30 Electrified Concept. Image courtesy of Lexus
By Ellen Kelleher
Toyota Corp.’s Lexus has recruited a pair of TED fellows to figure out how to keep human needs in focus as the Japanese automaker rushes to embrace autonomous driving.
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