Posted on 10/24/2023 1:22:01 AM PDT by Libloather
Toyota has said it is close to being able to mass manufacture potentially revolutionary solid-state batteries that could offer double the range of existing electric cars.
According to Toyota, cars powered by solid-state batteries could have a range of 745 miles, a charging time of 10 minutes and hit the market in 2027 or 2028.
They have been presented by experts as a revolutionary technology that could bring EVs into the mainstream.
Switching to an electric vehicle is out of reach for many Americans, experts have warned, as a lack of access to charging ports mean they fear being left stranded in shorter-range vehicles.
The driving range of electric cars varies between models, but is typically around 300 miles.
While solid-state batteries could be revolutionary, they also present challenges for manufacturers. According to Toyota, one of the most significant hurdles is the assembly process, in which layers of cathode and anode cells need to be stacked quickly and precisely.
Claims that Toyota is on the brink of being of being able to mass manufacture solid-state batteries were first published in the Financial Times on Monday.
'In terms of the stacking speed, we are almost there. We are going to roll out bigger volumes and check the quality,' an engineer for the company told the outlet.
Earlier this month, Toyota CEO Koji Sato announced that the firm would partner with major Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan on the project to manufacture the batteries.
'With repeated efforts involving trial and error, we have succeeded in developing a material that is more stable and less prone to crack,' Sato told reporters in Tokyo during an announcement with Idemitsu.
'The future of mobility lies in the tie-up between the auto and energy sectors, including this innovation hailing from Japan,' he said.
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1.2 MW x 20 charging stations = 24 MW. How are they going to deliver that much power to many such “refueling” stations?
In the lab @ college some 35 or so years ago, someone left a 1 Farad cap on the bench fully charged. My, less than brilliant, lab partner picked it up by the terminals. One in each hand. Took the full discharge across his chest. Survived it but got a free ride to the emergency room. Was hospitalized over night.
Sounds promising.
It’s Magic
800VDC @ 1500A = death (or a blown off hand or arm if you're lucky). The current thru you would generate enough heat to instantly boil any soft tissue in the current path.
1500A busbar = 1" x 2" copper bar for a length of 1' or less. More if the length is greater.
Yeah, I will believe it when I see an actual production card that will do that.
The laws of physics are, like, so yesterday.
...where are we going to get all this copper from to electrify society...
Who needs copper? They’ll weave the cables together from Collectivist Dreams and Unicorn Farts!
things like this smack of the Fusion Reactor technology that has always been 5-10 years away
Not just “fusion,” it was always “cold fusion!”
That’s a lot of current. I wonder what kind of cabling and connectors Toyota is picturing for the charging stations. Will there be a trained attendant to hook up your car and monitor things or is the average Joe expected to walk up and successfully manage a multi-megawatt electrical power transfer?
That said, regarding this new battery, it doesn’t sound like just pie in the sky to me. The technology itself seems proven and it’s now just a matter of getting the manufacturing process worked out. Of course it happens all the time that a product isn’t viable because it can’t be manufactured but at least this battery is far enough into development that the remaining hurdles are related to manufacturing and not the feasibility of the basic technology.
We will hold hands.
lol, of course! (We may get REAL fusion before that danged COLD fusion...)
I am so glad congress is appropriating money to build 50 new nuclear reactor power plants by 2030. /sarc
And cost HOW MUCH.???
P=VI. In 10 minutes to recharge a battery like this, ‘I’ ( amps ) will have to be thru the roof. We are talking about some serious heat in that transfer of that much energy.
We would get some vaporized copper thieves at the charging stations.
Occam’s Razor:
They are lying.
So cheap, they won’t even meter the electricity.
Where is all this “supposed” demand for electric cars?
It certainly is not from the vast majority of the public.
The real question is “who” is creating all this “demand” and if it is not there, why are public companies pouring billions into a product most people do not want?
Toyota has had a joint venture with Panasonic to create these solid state batteries. They have invested many MILLIONS in this technology. That is because the company that can perfect it will put everyone else out of business. The batteries would outlive the actual automobile that they were in.
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