• AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca
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    Repost of a my previous comment on this elsewhere:

    They have been “claiming”/ “announcing” this breakthrough since 2017 repeatedly. They STILL haven’t figured out how to mass produce it affordably to make it meaningful. They keep pushing out the date for when it will arrive for many years now.

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        As per the image in my post Toyota first announced this in 2017 with a target of 2022… They just keep re-announcing it saying it is coming in about 3-5 years.

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          Worth pointing out there was a global pandemic in the middle of that timeline

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      Add on top of the nature of these ultra capitalist worldwide corporations, even if they were able to mass produce this affordably that would mean decommisioning tens of millions in already existing production infrastructure. Why would they do that when they can delay next gen tech for greater profit?

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        mm totally! seems like a very “i’ll just wait for the next gen to buy an EV” kind of thing

        … like, even if it’s possible it’s not possible… just the amount of energy required to be transferred into that battery wouldn’t charge in any existing charging infrastructure

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          Ya that is the other major point. Toyota doesn’t have a charging network, and they didn’t build out a hydrogen network for their hydrogen car.

          So even if they have this battery it would not be able to do what they claimed in practical use.

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      It’ll come out when Tesla releases Full Self Driving for real

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      Except none of those are about battery tech, just vehicles. Solid state batteries are a real thing that have shown promising advances as of late.