Toyota Touts 745-mile range, 10 minute charge for Solid-State battery

[Zoidz]

Didn’t they announce in 2017 that they had production ready solid state batteries and all their cars even hybrids would have them by 2022?
A month ago their “head scientist“ said there are no battery breakthroughs on the the horizon, maybe in 10-20 years.

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"According to reports in The Wall Street Journal and Japan’s Chunichi Shimbun, Toyota is in the “production engineering” stage of building an electric vehicle (EV) battery with a solid electrolyte. Reports suggest the new battery will debut in Japan in a model 2022 car with an all-new platform."

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[COdogman]

Exactly. Their current EV is one of the slowest charging vehicles on the market

Toyota knows they need to rehab their reputation among EV fans after their very public efforts to sabotage progress. I hope it’s real but I suspect it’s just PR.

 

[gt2690b]

In a zero losses, zero derate scenario, a 100 kwh recharge in 10 minutes requires a 600 kw charger, right?

They are assuming Tesla will open up the semi chargers by 2027 lol

 

[Donald Stanfield]

This sounds like a press release by the same company doing the press releases for fusion power. It’s always just a few years away.

 

[Batman]

They should've mentioned "AI" within that press release and could've squeezed out a 25% stock price increase ?

 

[theyoungone]

I love Toyota but I’ll believe it when I see it ?

 

[DuoRivians]

I worry about possible corporate culture clash, but I think Toyota’s acquiring Rivian at this time could make a lot of sense.

 

[Guy]

I worry about possible corporate culture clash, but I think Toyota’s acquiring Rivian at this time could make a lot of sense.

I would think someone like BMW would be a better fit. BMW could focus on sport and luxury without needing to get into off road territory like Subaru/Land Rover. Rivian is getting established and has the credentials for off road ability. Hopefully they stay independent but we will see what happens in 2025 as they run down their cash reserves and the R2 is still a year away.

 

[TexasBob]

Everyone DOES know that Toyota re-releases this same announcement every few years to get heat off its back, right?
Here is a 2017 announcement saying the Solid State Battery will be on sale in 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/25/t...ld-make-its-way-to-cars-by-2020/?guccounter=1
https://www.autoweek.com/news/techn...state-longer-range-batteries-evs-early-2020s/

Here is a 2020 announcement saying they will be here in 2021
https://www.greencarreports.com/new...-full-charge-prototype-reportedly-due-in-2021
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/M...g-solid-state-battery-en-route-for-2021-debut

 

[SparkyR1t]

Toyota is suggesting by 2025 or 2026 they will release solid state battery vehicles. I truly dislike the large manufacturers that continually make promises way out there knowing most people will forget what was promised in a few years when they do not deliver

Tesla and Rivian stay relatively quiet and toss out a concept and then deliver maybe late but they have delivered.

Very little hype. Not claiming they are going to destroy Ford or GM or Toyota. Just producing very high tech vehicles that everyone else wants to produce and be like the two leaders.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

Toyota is suggesting by 2025 or 2026 they will release solid state battery vehicles. I truly dislike the large manufacturers that continually make promises way out there knowing most people will forget what was promised in a few years when they do not deliver

Tesla and Rivian stay relatively quiet and toss out a concept and then deliver maybe late but they have delivered.

Very little hype. Not claiming they are going to destroy Ford or GM or Toyota. Just producing very high tech vehicles that everyone else wants to produce and be like the two leaders.

Tesla does the exact same thing. Elon makes some wild pie in the sky statements then hopes You forget. How many times were we promised fully autonomous driving systems now? What about the roadster that’s still a figment of Elon’s imagination?

 

[DTown3011]

I love Toyota but I’ll believe it when I see it ?

Solid state batteries are the future and these have been in the works for quite some time. Every manufacturer is testing them. Massive range and low charge times. When they come out (it's not if, but when) it will change the industry. But there are drawbacks and time to scale...

 

[Redmond Chad]

The aspect that I see in common with Toyota's press releases and executive comments over the past 13 years has been that they are trying to slow down the switch away from hybrids. The message seems to be "don't buy a new EV now, they have drawbacks, wait a few years and we promise we'll have something way cooler."

They don't mind if this nerfs the sales of their current EVs, as long as people keep buying their higher-margin hybrids while waiting for the magical car of the future.

 

[theyoungone]

Solid state batteries are the future and these have been in the works for quite some time. Every manufacturer is testing them. Massive range and low charge times. When they come out (it's not if, but when) it will change the industry. But there are drawbacks and time to scale...

I wasn’t doubting that it WILL happen ?. I’m doubting it’ll happen when and how they say it will ?

 

[DTown3011]

I wasn’t doubting that it WILL happen ?. I’m doubting it’ll happen when and how they say it will ?

This is true, the technology has been talked about for years....

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