Toyota: Global First Solid-State Battery Electric Vehicle to Be Launched as Early as 2027!
On October 30, South Korean media "Today's Finance" published an article stating that Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it will launch the world's first electric vehicle equipped with solid-state batteries around 2027.
Recently, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it has jointly developed a positive electrode material for solid-state batteries with Sumitomo Metal Mining, and plans to launch the world's first solid-state battery electric vehicle as early as 2027 and no later than 2028.
Samsung SDI has been operating the world's largest solid-state battery pilot production line since 2023, aiming to commercialize solid-state batteries by 2027; the US battery startup QuantumScape is accelerating the development of a new battery using ceramic-based solid electrolytes, aiming to commercialize it by 2026; however, Toyota is the first company to announce a plan to launch electric vehicles using solid-state batteries.
Toyota stated that it has jointly developed a highly durable positive electrode material with Sumitomo, which will make the era of solid-state batteries a reality in the mass-market electric vehicle market.
Since 2021, Toyota and Sumitomo have been working together to overcome the issue of declining positive electrode performance over time, which is a major obstacle in the development of solid-state batteries.
The two companies said that Sumitomo's proprietary powder synthesis technology has successfully developed a strong and consistent positive electrode material that can withstand multiple charge cycles without reducing the positive electrode efficiency.
Toyota plans to continue improving the technology in terms of cost, quality, and performance before mass-producing solid-state batteries. Once this process is completed, it plans to launch electric vehicles powered by next-generation batteries around 2027 or 2028.
Toyota expects that if solid-state batteries can be developed as planned, it will be able to surpass leading electric vehicle companies such as Tesla, Lucid, Hyundai Motor Group, and BYD from China, which currently rely on ternary lithium-ion batteries or lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1847396783506635/
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