The car will use a solid-state traction battery
Toyota began working hard on solid-state batteries for electric vehicles in 2017 with the hopes of commercializing the technology on mainstream vehicles in the 2020s. Apparently, the development is already close to the final stage, as the first electric car of the Japanese company using a solid-state battery is promised already next year.
Toyota will introduce an electric car with a 500 km range and a full charge in 10 minutes in 2021
This follows from the Nikkei Asia report cited by the source. On a fully charged battery, the car will be able to drive 500 km, and it will take only 10 minutes to charge. True, there is one “but”: so far we are talking only about the prototype. It usually takes about a year or two from the premiere of the prototype to the serial implementation of the development in the auto industry, but in the case of an electric car, and even equipped with an advanced traction battery, this period may be longer.
Solid-state traction batteries have many advantages over conventional batteries, but they are much more expensive to manufacture. It is not expected that they will begin to appear en masse in electric vehicles until around 2025, or even later. If Toyota manages to launch such a car into production earlier (for example, in 2023), then the company will have a big trump card up its sleeve. But it is too early to talk about it – you need to wait for the announcement of the new product.
