• Kbobabob@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    And we are supposed to believe they can have that by 2025?

    The article says 2027, so a bit more time for infrastructure and development.

    From the article:

    The company expects to be able to manufacture solid-state batteries for use in electric vehicles as soon as 2027, according to the Financial Times, which first reported on Toyota’s claimed breakthrough.

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      1 year ago

      Actually reading it again, it seems we are both wrong. 2025 is a “better” battery, 2027 is a solid state battery.

      Having a solid state battery by 2027 is in no way impressive, since BYD already produce and sell fully electric cars with solid state batteries.

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        1 year ago

        Toyota (partnered with Panasonic) has already broken ground on a new battery plant in NC, maybe that’s when they’re expecting production to begin there?

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          1 year ago

          No doubt Panasonic makes some of the best batteries in the world, and is a much more trustworthy name regarding batteries than Toyota.

          Still the claims of the article are ridiculous, and I doubt Panasonic would make claims of a solid state battery half the weigh size and prize of current batteries within 2-4 years.