Toyota claims breakthrough that will lead to 745-mile EV battery
The Japanese automaker says it will soon be able to manufacture a solid-state pack that can charge in 10 minutes
Toyota claims it has made a technological breakthrough that will eventually lead to a solid-state battery capable of delivering up to 745 miles (1,199 kilometres) of range, all while completely recharging in 10 minutes, according to The Guardian, quoting Keiji Kaita, president of the company’s research and development centre for ‘carbon neutrality’.
The Japanese car manufacturer said yesterday that it had simplified production of the material used to make both solid-state and liquid-based batteries, which will allow it to halve the weight, size, and cost of the packs that end up in vehicles.
“For both our liquid and our solid-state batteries, we are aiming to drastically change the situation where current batteries are too big, heavy, and expensive,” said Kaita. “In terms of potential, we will aim to halve all of these factors.”
Solid-state batteries are seen as the logical next step in the development of EVs, as they are considered safer and more reliable than lithium-ion cells that use a liquid-based electrolyte, but at the same time, they’re much more expensive and harder to manufacture.
Several startups such as Solid Power, QuantumScape, Factorial, and StoreDot have been working to make solid-state batteries more affordable and easier to produce, but as of today, their products haven’t been fitted to any new EV sold on the market.
Now, however, Toyota says it believes it could simplify the manufacturing process, potentially making solid-state batteries easier to produce than lithium-ion ones.
Last month, the Japanese automaker – which is seen by many EV enthusiasts as a laggard when it comes to fully electrifying its lineup – unveiled a massive plan to change its focus from ICE vehicles to EVs, all while keeping hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen-powered vehicles alive.
As part of its plan, it wants to build an all-new EV-only architecture that will spawn a raft of new vehicles from 2026, including a US-made three-row SUV that will reportedly go into production in 2025 with batteries sourced from North Carolina.
Furthermore, the car group estimates that it will be able to make an advanced solid-state battery that’s capable of offering over 900 miles (1,448 km) of range after 2028, thanks in part to lighter, less complicated cars that have fewer components.
The internal combustion engine certainly didn’t start off too great…horses remained the better option for some time.
We always hear promises of new battery tech, but they never seem to roll out.
Still the issues of the electrical grid.
And one thing which has seemingly been entirely LOST to history in the past decade, which I’ve often wished to bring up on the show when discussing EVs, but never got the opportunity, is room-temperature superconductivity.
This was a huge area of research in the ’90s and early 00s, which all of a sudden went quiet as far as I can see.
If you have room-temperature superconductivity, then EV efficiency increases by several orders of magnitude (100,000km+ range), and electrical grid distribution becomes trivial.
They likely have it all mapped out – just have to change slowly so as to not disrupt the gov/financial/military system stability, etc.
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Howdy
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Estimates, if , likely – sigh.
“As it turns out, the latest news from Toyota is a lot of huffing and puffing without much substance to it. ”
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/07/04/toyota-claims-solid-state-battery-has-745-mile-range-10-minute-charging-time/
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Dave
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EVs,Unsafe at any Speed!🔥🔥🔥
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T. C. Clark
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Butt but but….what about the nuclear diamond bat?….and the plastic bat?….and the sodium ion bat?….and all the other new and improved bats?
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Tom Anderson
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This may not herald the battery answer of everyone’s dreams, but such a substitute is within reach. Candidates for the replacement are moving up the test ramps right now. The problem of EV practicality has long been an acceptable long-range, quick-switch non-inflammable battery just as avoiding iceberg wrecks in transatlantic passenger service was to fly over them in 707s, not to build stouter ship hulls.
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Howdy
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Nobody switches fuel tanks when it’s low Tom. How many people are prepared to do such a job on a car, that will still need the battery to be underneath. This ‘breakthrough’, will make such practice obsolete. Even so, EVs are not practical even if the battery is smaller. How much instantaneous load will a 10 min charge place on the grid, assuming the battery pack ampere hours will be massively greater than now to achieve 700 miles plus? Even worse than the current situation yet such barriers are never factored in.
It’s all about money and fame, the environment isn’t even in view.
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Jerry Krause
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Hi PSI Readers,
“How much instantaneous load will a 10 min charge place on the grid, assuming the battery pack ampere hours will be massively greater than now to achieve 700 miles plus?” (Howdy)
I suspect very, very few people of any profession has asked and therefore studied this question which should be obvious to some professionals.
Have a good day
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Howdy
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To address the pointless…
Not obvious to anybody since the pack doesn’t exist yet, no charging details given such as acceptance rate, temperature, line voltage etc, and ultimately, it was the reader who might not have thought about this gem of information I addressed, since it’s never mentioned by these ‘professionals’ you claim who appear to have something to hide, and want attention, eh?
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