> plugin hybrids That's the plan once their battery factory in NC goes online. Toyota's battery partner Idemetsu Kosan is also on the verge of mass producing

> plugin hybrids That's the plan once their battery factory in NC goes online. Toyota's battery partner Idemetsu Kosan is also on the verge of mass producing solid-state batteries too, along with Mitsubishi's AGC along with CATL's founder TDK. Japan's Public-Private Solid-State Battery R&D Strategy is a great template for how these kinds of research programs should be lead [0][1][2] but doesn't get enough limelight because most info is in Japanese [0] - https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/energy_environment/global_warming/transition/transition_finance_roadmap_automobile_eng.pdf https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/energy_environment/global_warm... [1] - https://www.meti.go.jp/english/report/pdf/0520_001a.pdf https://www.meti.go.jp/english/report/pdf/0520_001a.pdf [2] - https://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/energy_environment/global_warming/pdf/clean_energy_strategy.pdf https://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/energy_environment/glo...