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Didn't Toyota just announce their new battery tech due in 2022? Solid state batteries with short/fast recharge time? Maybe this engineer didn't have anything up

• nihonde 9y ago
  Japanese automakers are circling their wagons. Toyota, Mazda, and Denso are collaborating in a JV, with Suzuki expected to join. Toyota leadership is demanding longer range and faster charging batteries from the alliance engineers. The important markets in play are US, China, and South Asia (including India).
  • bgarbiak 9y ago
    Mazda and other partners won't get solid state batteries from Toyota. They cooperate on a shared platform for EVs, not on the batteries tech. Source: http://www.thedrive.com/tech/15514/toyota-wont-share-solid-state-batteries-with-tech-partner-mazda http://www.thedrive.com/tech/15514/toyota-wont-share-solid-s...
    • nihonde 9y ago
      You're right. I wonder how the alliance partners will handle charging stations. I know from living in Japan that Nissan chargers are at nearly every dealership lot, and many parking garages have charging areas.
• kirykl 9y ago
  Toyota is heavily invested in lithium mining, their solid state claim isn’t their only game
  • lovemenot 9y ago
    Are you implying that Toyota's solid state battery will not be lithium based? Dyson's (sakti3) solid state battery certainly is.
    • kirykl 9y ago
      No claims on that, just that Tesla’s battery certainly is and Toyota is going after the source