Lexus showed off its LF-ZC concept at Milan Design Week in a room so ridiculously dark you needed a torch to find your way out. The brooding electric car marks a bold step forward in Lexus’ vision for the future of mobility, blending cutting-edge electric vehicle technology with avant-garde design principles.

The LF-ZC, short for ‘Lexus Future Zero-Carbon’, captures the brand’s commitment to sustainability, innovation and move to producing an all-electric lineup by 2030. Its debut in Milan, one of the world’s most influential design capitals, served as the perfect backdrop for a concept that’s as much a work of art as it is a technological marvel. Even if it’s being presented in an environment that could be, in the words of Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel, ‘none more black’.