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I'll believe it when they actually put that battery in a car.
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Yeah, how the hell do you fit a 745 mile battery in a 5m car?
Same way you're able to fit 9m of digestive system inside a human body that you stuffed into a 1m ice box just before the police arrived.
That took a turn. And a fold.
the first vehicles with this battery are expected to be hybrids instead of all-electric vehicles. Toyota claims it will be ready for sale in 2027 or 2028.
This tells me we probably need to wait until 2030+ for this supposed 745mile battery.
The fact that they would put this in a hybrid means there’s something limiting it (ie poor discharge power, overheats easily, etc).
Then make a car with it today! This is just propaganda.
I love some proper vaporware!
Yeez the EV scene is riddled with promises. Make a car already.
right behind the hydrogen-powered daily drivers!
Toyota has been "about to change the game" for a long time. They are just trying to keep investors happy while not actually investing in evs
If they can mass produce solid state ev batteries, that IS an absolute game changer, because their EVs will have a lifespan many times longer than that of any wet-cell EV.
CATL and BYD have already shipped the Sodium Ion batteries that cost nearly a third of LiPho and half that of Li-ion at similar densities, you can buy cells and cars in China already.
They also both have cells and cars out next year with a 2x density Li-ion, it's already been showcased so we know it exists but it's not on sale yet. By the time Toyota ships these Chinese companies will have been in market with a comparable product for many years. Sodium ion will do great for existing range and replace LiPho for power storage and the new Li-ion will be used in high range cars and probably replace all Li-ion in everything where density is preferable to price.
How do they manage that you need more sodium to store comparable amount of energy? Larger size?
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