IT HAPPENED! Toyota's INSANE NEW Solid State Battery LEAKED!

A trip of 500 km on one charge. A recharge from zero to full in 10 minutes.
Maintaining 80% of your charge capacity for 800 cycles or 240,000 miles. And all
with minimal safety concerns. This is what Toyota is promising everyone with their
new battery technology. The solid-state battery being introduced by Toyota
promises to be a game-changer not just for electric vehicles but for the entire
industry.
Let us take a look at Toyota’s Insane new Solid-state battery.
Toyota’s plan to invest in Solid State batteries Toyota has been the world leader in sustainable transportation for a decade now.
Toyota was the first company to popularize Hybrid vehicles. These vehicles use both
an internal combustion engine and a battery to increase the vehicle's mileage and
reduce fuel consumption. Toyota’s Prius series of hybrid vehicles today is
synonymous with green transportation these days.
Similar to their Prius and hybrid cards project. Toyota is looking to set industry
standards for green transportation with their new Solid-State battery-powered
Electric Vehicle. Toyota is currently a world leader in solid-state battery technology,
according to industry experts. Toyota and the Japanese government are spending a
lot in research and development to make solid-state batteries affordable and easy
to manufacture on a large scale.
Toyota has itself announced that it will be spending $ 13.6 billion of its own money
on the development of battery technology [1].
According to Nikkei Asia, Toyota will be introducing the first Electric Vehicle with a
solid state battery by 2028. Japanese company like Nissan is also planning for a
similar timeline. Both manufacturers are being helped by the Japanese government,
which has put together a 2 trillion Yen or about $19.2-billion fund to support
companies researching his field [1].
But Toyota is sitting on top of the Solid-State battery technology with over 1000
patents on solid-state batteries to their name. According to the European Patent
Office and the International Energy Agency, Toyota made the largest patent
applications on Solid State technology between 2014 and018 [1].
The shift toward the new battery technology will also have an effect on companies
further down the supply chain. Japanese auto materials makers are rushing to set
up the necessary infrastructure to supply automakers. Mitsui Mining and Smelting,
commonly known as Mitsui Kinzoku, will start up a pilot facility that will make solid
electrolytes for the batteries.
It is important to note that solid-state batteries still need lithium to work, so even
with a complete shift from current battery tech to solid-state, we won’t escape the
need to keep mining this element. The Japanese government will also help
companies procure lithium, given that the element is in limited global supply.
Toyota is also partnering up with major battery manufacturers like Panasonic,
Toshiba, and CATL.
Toyota’s Solid-State Battery PrototypeJust a few days ago, Toyota gave us a glimpse of their new line of battery-powered
Electric Vehicles that uses a solid-state battery. In a short video released by Toyota,
we can see the vehicle during a road test. The vehicle shown in the video appears
to be a version of Toyota's LQ Concept, which first debuted at the 2019 Tokyo Motor
Show.
Since then, this concept vehicle has also made it in a series of commercials for the
Tokyo Olympic Games. We can see a large decal on the side that says "All-Solid-
State" battery in the video.
Toyota’s Chief technology officer Masahiko Maeda confirmed that the first prototype
vehicle running solid-state battery has been ready since June last year.
Toyota's Vice President of Mobility Communications Shiro Tachimoto, while talking
to The Drive, said that [4]
"Based on that data, we continued to make improvements, and in August last year,
we obtained license plate registration for vehicles equipped with all-solid-state
batteries and conducted test drives."
This is exciting news for battery-powered electric vehicles of the future. It means
that there is progress being made to make BEV even more convenient and
widespread.
How do solid-state batteries work?So how do solid-state batteries actually work? As the name suggests, it has
something to do with being in a solid-state. But more seriously, Solid State batteries
are battery technology that employs solid electrodes and a solid electrolyte. This is
different from regular batteries like Lithium-Ion and Lithium Polymer that use liquid
or polymer gel electrolytes.