That’s definitely better, but I need to know where are we going to get all this copper from to electrify society and how it performs when it’s towing a heavy load with headwinds in winter.
A gas vehicle might lose about 10% mileage under the most adverse conditions. What would this vehicle lose under similar conditions?
“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.”
So much for being ‘green’ and ‘saving the planet’.
Another “perpetual motion machine?”
It travels 745 miles on a 10-minute charge?
Does that happen when it’s 20 below zero F. outside?
Will it hold that charge parked outside all night in winter?
Does that happen when it’s 120 F. outside and the air conditioning is running on high?
Does that happen when it’s pulling a trailer?
“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.”
So at least 5 years away which probably means 8 or more. And by then every car manufacturer will have access to it also.
Range, to me, is much less important than charging speed. I usually stop every couple hundred miles, so if I can recharge that much in 5 to 10 minutes, that’d be fine.
Who would have thought of combining trial AND error? Brilliant!
Interesting to me. Cathie Wood invests so heavily in Tesla because she says their battery technology is far greater than anyone else’s. Toyota seems far greater if this is true
EV breakthrough: Really, really long extension cord connected to a natural gas/coal fired power plant!
Though I will give Toyota much more benefit of the doubt, I do remember the endless threads here about Rossi’s cold fusion reactor being market ready “in a year or two”....
Yeah, bring it or stuff it.
The reason we have high voltage towers dominating the landscape comes down to simple physics. The loss due to resistance is the current squared times the resistance. You minimize that by making the Voltage very high. It is AC voltage because it is much easier to step up or step down AC current.
“Toyota’s EV breakthrough will allow cars to travel 745 miles on a single 10 minute charge - more than DOUBLE the range of most existing electric vehicles”
and i have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn; it’s only slightly used, in great shape, and you can set up your own toll booths ... price is only $1,000.00 [i accept payment only in BitCoin, though]
None for me, thanks. Nobody needs an EV, not even the planet. If you want one though, you can have it. You can try it and see what all the fuss is about, like taking a hit of Ecstasy. You’ll have a residual but still grossly exaggerated empathy towards everything including the bolt of lightning that nearly kills you.
still not buying one.
The bad news is, you need liquid nitrogen to cool it … (/s)
The 745 mile range battery could work if we triple the size and it could charge in 10 minutes if we somehow violate the laws of physics. It could be in 2027, 2037 or heck even 2525. We will get back to you when we've been able to pump get Mr Fusion working.
“could offer”
Magic words and phrases like this are favored by press release and advertising copy writers, along with “up to”, “as much as”, “buy one and get one free”, and many others.
“The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.”
Call me when the battery life is 200,000 miles.
While most of the auto manufacturers jumped in with both feet to try and keep up with Tesla or because Obama seized them and forced them to go EV, Toyota decided to hold back so they could come up with something practical and better. If they announce a breakthrough 10 years later, believe it.
Could?!
I don’t see in the article where it says that the Toyota solid state batteries don’t contain lithium. That means they DO contain lithium.
“close to”