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Should we be excited about Toyota’s solid-state battery announcement? - Charged EVs (chargedevs.com)

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[–] weew@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Toyota 2017: "solid state batteries are 3-5 years away"

Toyota 2020: "solid state batteries are 3-5 years away"

Toyota 2023: "solid state batteries are 3-5 years away"

People who are capable of pattern recognition, what do you think will be the status of Toyota's solid state batteries in 2026?

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

As with most future tech, I'll be excited when I see it in an IRL purchasable device and it's costs, benefits, and drawbacks are known and overall a step up over current tech.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Wasn't toyota in 2020 more like: EV's are actually bad and have to go.?

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I'll be more interested once Toyota makes a real EV. They have some great hybrids but their only EV so far, the bZ6bjfAFmNl337 is... let's be polite and say "not competitive in the current marketplace".

Step 1: make an EV people might actually want.
Step 2: try to get people to buy it.

Skipping step 1 is a bad idea.

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'll believe it when they ship it.

[–] machin_shin@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I'm excited. But I'm also very sceptical. News like this will not affect my purchasing decisions unless they can actually show they've overcome the problems with solid state.

[–] kelargo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's not unlike Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown.

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