According to the latest report, Nissan on Friday unveiled a prototype production facility in Yokohama, Japan, where it said it plans to produce solid-state batteries for electric vehicles.
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Nissan said in a statement that it plans to “establish a pilot production line at its Yokohama plant in fiscal 2024 and study materials, designs and manufacturing processes used to produce prototypes at a prototype production facility bringing its first electric vehicle to market with an all-solid-state battery in 2018.”
In theory, all-solid-state batteries could charge faster, charge more, and last longer than the lithium-ion batteries used in most electric vehicles today. Nissan said it expects to eventually use batteries in its lineup of vehicles, including pickup trucks.
Moreover, the company said its all-solid-state batteries could bring the price of battery packs down to $75 per kWh by 2028, and eventually to $65 per kWh helping make electric cars cheaper, eventually reaching the same price point as gasoline-powered cars.
Furthermore, other automakers are also working hard to develop solid-state batteries. The Volkswagen-backed QuantumScape is scheduled to go on sale in 2024, and Ford says it will have the all-solid-state battery in development ready by the end of the decade.
Toyota said last year that it hoped to start making batteries by the mid-2020s, but said it must continue working on the technology. But currently, all-solid-state batteries are expensive to manufacture.
