Toyota claimed it had made a “technological breakthrough” to resolve durability issues and “a solution for materials” that would allow an EV powered by a solid-state battery to have a range of 1,200km and charging time of 10 minutes or less.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

I hope they make it happen, but battery claims like this have been popping up for 2 decades.

Big if true. We always hear about batter breakthroughs, and then they just never break through the theoretical wall.

Halving batteries should surely cut the weight. If it managed to do that, we could one day see electric airplanes. The issue now is that batteries are so heavy that they require lots of power to carry them through the air. More power means more battery, which means more weight. The issue is cyclical. So batteries need to be much lighter, and maybe we’ll see some greener air travel in the future!

These are some bold claims. I hope they’re successful. I haven’t been able to find any info about what they will be made of, hopefully something more environmentally friendly than lithium.