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Buoyant Aero
Buoyant Aero builds zero-emissions, self-flying advertising blimps and rents them out as a turnkey service. Founded in 2020 by MIT hardware engineers Benjamin Claman and Joe Figura, the company (Y Combinator S21) started out designing unmanned cargo airships for middle-mile delivery, then turned the same self-flying blimp technology into 'Blimps-as-a-Service' - electric, camera-equipped ad blimps up to 35 feet long that fly pre-planned routes over events, retail launches and conferences for brands like Amazon Prime Video.
Upshift
Upshift is a San Francisco car subscription service for people who drive a few days a month but don't want the cost and hassle of owning a car. Members pick a flexible monthly plan, get a clean late-model hybrid (Toyota Prius or Corolla Hybrid) delivered with insurance, maintenance, and refueling included, and skip parking tickets, repairs, and long-term loans. Founded in 2012 by Ezra Goldman and Ayako Hiwasa, the company frames itself as 'the ownership alternative for low-mileage city drivers' and is positioning for an autonomous, connected, electrified future of car non-ownership.
Arc
Arc is a Los Angeles electric boat company building battery-powered watercraft from the ground up - software, motors, battery packs and hulls - rather than retrofitting gas boats. Founded in 2021 by veterans of SpaceX, Rivian and Tesla, Arc started with the high-end Arc One, found its commercial footing with the Arc Sport electric wake boat and the Arc Coast center console, and is now extending its propulsion stack into commercial and defense vessels including electric and hybrid tugboats. The pitch: quiet, fume-free, low-maintenance boats with the torque and software experience of an EV.
Ezra Goldman
Ezra Goldman is the co-founder and CEO of Upshift, a San Francisco-based company reinventing how city dwellers access cars. Rather than owning or leasing a vehicle full-time, Upshift members subscribe to a car that appears at their door when needed and vanishes when they don't - a fractional model that eliminates insurance headaches, maintenance costs, and the guilt of a depreciating asset sitting idle 95% of the time. Goldman brings 25+ years of shared-transportation obsession to the role, starting with a communist-themed campus bikeshare in 1999, through an MIT master's in urban planning, a PhD stint in Copenhagen studying why Danes ride bikes, and stints at City CarShare and ReachNow before building Upshift into a platform backed by MINI (BMW), Ford, and thousands of crowdfunding investors.
Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors is an American luxury electric-vehicle maker based in Newark, California, building the longest-range production EVs in the world. Its in-house powertrain and battery engineering deliver class-leading efficiency in the Lucid Air sedan and the Gravity SUV, backed heavily by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
ECL
ECL (EdgeCloudLink) builds the world's first modular, off-grid data centers powered by green hydrogen fuel cells. Founded by data-center veteran Yuval Bachar, ECL delivers Tier 4 uptime with zero emissions, zero grid power, and a PUE under 1.1 - selling capacity in 1-2 MW modular blocks designed for high-density AI compute.
Yuval Bachar
Yuval Bachar is the founder and CEO of EdgeCloudLink (ECL), the company building the world's first off-grid hydrogen-powered modular data centers. A 20+ year veteran of hyperscale infrastructure at Cisco, Juniper Networks, Facebook/Meta, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Azure, Bachar co-founded the Open19 open hardware standards project and holds eight U.S. patents. At ECL, he is reimagining what a data center can be - deploying capacity in nine months (vs. the industry's 3-4 years), generating zero emissions, and producing cooling water as a byproduct of hydrogen fuel cells. In May 2024, ECL unveiled the world's first off-grid hydrogen-powered AI data center in Mountain View, California, and Lambda deployed the first hydrogen-powered NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems there. ECL's TerraSite-TX1 near Houston is planned as a 1-gigawatt AI factory on 600 acres.
Subaru Solterra
The Subaru Solterra is the Japanese automaker's first fully electric SUV, co-developed with Toyota on the e-TNGA platform. Now entering its 2026 model year, it brings standard all-wheel drive, up to 288 miles of range, a 74.7 kWh battery, and access to the Tesla Supercharger network via a native NACS port - all wrapped in Subaru's adventure-ready ethos.
Toyota bZ4X
The Toyota bZ4X is Toyota's first mass-market battery electric compact crossover SUV, co-developed with Subaru on the shared e-TNGA platform. Launched in 2022 as the vanguard of Toyota's 'beyond Zero' electrification strategy, it pairs Japanese reliability engineering with Subaru all-wheel-drive know-how. A major 2025-2026 refresh addressed early criticisms with a larger battery, dramatically faster charging, up to 338 horsepower, and a renamed North American identity: simply the Toyota bZ.
BYD Atto 3
The BYD Atto 3 is a battery electric compact crossover SUV manufactured by BYD Auto, the world's largest electric vehicle company. Launched in China as the Yuan Plus in February 2022 and rolled out globally as the Atto 3, it features BYD's proprietary LFP Blade Battery, a gym-inspired interior designed by former Audi and Alfa Romeo design boss Wolfgang Egger, and has sold over one million units worldwide.
Mercedes EQE
The Mercedes EQE is a mid-size executive electric saloon that translates the flagship EQS's futuristic design and technology into a more accessible package. Built on Mercedes' dedicated EVA2 platform, it offers up to 376 miles of range, a drag coefficient of just 0.20, and the option of the theatrical MBUX Hyperscreen that turns the dashboard into a 43-inch digital canvas.
Mercedes-Benz EQS
The Mercedes-Benz EQS is a battery-electric full-size luxury liftback sedan that serves as the flagship of Mercedes-Benz's EQ family. Built on the dedicated EVA electric architecture, it combines S-class opulence with zero-emission performance, featuring a world-class interior anchored by the optional MBUX Hyperscreen - a 56-inch curved glass dashboard spanning nearly the entire width of the cabin. With a drag coefficient as low as 0.20, rear-axle steering, and available Level 3 autonomous driving, the EQS represents Mercedes-Benz's most advanced technological statement in the electric era.
Mini Cooper SE
The Mini Cooper SE is the all-electric version of the Mini Hatch, currently in its fourth generation (J01, 2024+) built on a dedicated EV platform. Manufactured by Spotlight Automotive, a BMW-Great Wall joint venture in Zhangjiagang, China, it features a 54.2 kWh battery, 160 kW (215 hp) motor, 402 km (250 mi) WLTP range, and a distinctive circular 240mm OLED touchscreen running OS9.