• weew@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Toyota 2017: “solid state batteries are 3-5 years away”

    Toyota 2020: “solid state batteries are 3-5 years away”

    Toyota 2023: “solid state batteries are 3-5 years away”

    People who are capable of pattern recognition, what do you think will be the status of Toyota’s solid state batteries in 2026?

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      1 year ago

      As with most future tech, I’ll be excited when I see it in an IRL purchasable device and it’s costs, benefits, and drawbacks are known and overall a step up over current tech.

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    I’ll be more interested once Toyota makes a real EV. They have some great hybrids but their only EV so far, the bZ6bjfAFmNl337 is… let’s be polite and say “not competitive in the current marketplace”.

    Step 1: make an EV people might actually want.
    Step 2: try to get people to buy it.

    Skipping step 1 is a bad idea.

  • machin_shin@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m excited. But I’m also very sceptical. News like this will not affect my purchasing decisions unless they can actually show they’ve overcome the problems with solid state.