It’s almost unreal how far the world’s second-largest automaker is so massively behind when it comes to battery cars. The stubborn brand would rather make a hundred petrol cars more economical with a small car than one car without emissions. A fine argument, but unfortunately it is not shared by the rule makers. With apparent reluctance, the brand is therefore now working on battery cars, and they are doing it right from the start.
Toyota says it has experienced a small breakthrough in the development of solid-state batteries. These next generation batteries are smaller and lighter. In 2027 think the Japanese brand can already sell production cars with this battery technology. The expectation? A range of 1,200 kilometers and a charging time of only ten minutes. The price of a Toyota with a solid-state battery is not yet known.
Does Toyota’s solid-state battery drive low-cost EVs?
An EV with 1,200 kilometers of range will still cost a lot of money, but what if they cut the battery pack in half and put it in a small car? Then you have an electric car with a range of 600 kilometers, a charging time of five minutes and, if all goes well, a very reasonable weight. The solid-state battery can be a good step towards affordable electric cars. If Toyota is the first car manufacturer, they can be relevant again in the EV market in one fell swoop.
Easier to make than lithium ion
cleantechnica reports that Toyota has found a way to simplify the production of solid-state batteries. The aforementioned battery would be even easier to make than the lithium-ion batteries now in electric cars. “For both our liquid and solid-state batteries, we want to dramatically change the situation where current batteries are too big, too heavy and too expensive,” said the head of research at Toyota.
The question is whether Toyota will manage to come up with a solid-state battery in 2027. Countless car manufacturers are playing around with the technology, but so far no one has been able to get the battery ready for production. If anyone should succeed, it would be one of the largest car companies in the world.
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