PLANO, TX – Japanese automaker Toyota has revealed they are currently working on a new form of solid-state battery that would enable future electric vehicles utilizing the technology to boast super-impressive ranges of up to 745 miles and charging times of 10 minutes or less.
Toyota has stated that new vehicles utilizing solid-state batteries could be available for purchase as soon as 2027 or 2028.
This new battery tech, if it is indeed as effective as Toyota claims, could be something that would shake the EV market to its very core and help to significantly drive its mass-market adoption by dispelling the two largest complaints against it by owners of internal combustion engine-based vehicles: range anxiety and long charging times.
As per a Washington Post and University of Maryland poll, 74 percent of 1,404 participants indicated their belief that gas-powered vehicles are a superior and more reliable choice when making trips longer than 250 miles; in contrast, a mere 10 percent of respondents said that EVs are a better choice, especially when it comes to having to regularly recharge them for extended periods throughout the trip.
However, Toyota – which has been slower to embrace the EV market than many of its competitors – has been working diligently on eliminating the battery-related issues that many early adopters of the technology have been griping about.
In addition to their development of an advanced solid-state vehicle battery, they also revealed that they had signed an agreement with Tesla in October that will allow drivers of Toyota EVs to utilize Tesla’s North American Supercharger network, which currently consists of 12,000 units and growing.
Toyota will also begin to incorporate the North American Charging Standard (NACS) in electric vehicles that they produce from 2025 onward, which should greatly reduce the difficulty in finding standardized charging infrastructure for their customers when on the road.
While some people are understandably nervous about dipping their toes in the EV pool, these developments on the part of Toyota could potentially get many fence-sitters to change their mind. Time will tell if Toyota’s ambitious plans will pan out, but if they do, it could be a massive boon for the market.
Christopher Boyle is an investigative journalist, videographer, reporter and writer for SEARCHEN NETWORKS® as well as other independent news and media organizations in the United States. Christopher works on a wide variety of topics and fields, has been featured in print and online in a variety of publications, from local to national, and helps keep a keen-eye on what’s happening in the automotive world for Auto Buyers Market.