
Unleashing the Beast: The 2025 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro


This concerted effort has resulted in a series of exciting new product launches that have captured the imagination of adventurers and truck enthusiasts alike. Among these eagerly anticipated updates is the modernization of the iconic 4Runner. Long revered for its ruggedness and reliability, the 2025 Toyota 4Runner has finally arrived with a host of contemporary features that make it more relevant than ever before. Sharing its platform with the Tacoma pickup truck, this new iteration promises to offer an unparalleled blend of power, technology, and versatility.


•Toyota and Oncor Electric Delivery have agreed to collaborate on a pilot project around vehicle-to-grid (V2G), a technology that allows vehicles to flow energy from their battery back onto the electric grid.
• The effort will be led by Toyota’s Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions (EVCS) team, marking an important first collaboration with a public utility for Toyota in the U.S. around Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs).
As the Polaroid camera and vinyl records did before it, the manual transmission is making a comeback. Largely thought to be clunky, outdated, and inconvenient (especially in ever-expanding urban areas), the stick shift is finding its way into an unlikely place: electric vehicles.
Lexus, Toyota’s luxury auto brand, is working on making a manual transmission for EVs. According to the auto publication Evo Magazine, Lexus is hoping to “[augment] an entire combustion-powered driving experience in a low-carbon EV,” combining a highly engaging driving experience with a more efficient...