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Japanese firm believes it could make a solid-state battery with a range of 745 miles that charges in 10 minutes

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[–] Irv@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago

Since Toyota is way ahead with hybrids but behind with EVs, this would be a way to tell the public, "wait, don't buy a competitor's EV, because we'll have something 100x better in a year or so."

I hope I'm just being cynical, because solid state batteries do sound awesome. I wonder was the weight difference would be