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      09-23-2021, 03:32 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by hellrotm View Post
Not from what I have read. Toyota has been testing them, but they have been running into some hurdles like short life cycle and battery performance in BEV testing. Toyota has recently said solid state batteries will go in hybrids first, where these issues are minimized. Actually read an article a few days ago Ford and BMW will begin solid state pilot production in 2022. Later that year Ford/BMW should get hands on cells to test in automotive applications. Earliest market launch later in the decade. Solid state batteries are coming to BEV's, but years away. I would be very surprised if we see them in the majority of EV's before 2030.
Toyota is putting the batteries in the hybrids first because they haven't any BEVs to sell nor the experience building them. That is why Toyota has been lobbying so hard against BEVs.
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