Toyota and Nissan plan to introduce solid-state battery design in electric vehicles

Japanese carmakers including Nissan and Toyota have successively indicated that they will introduce solid-state battery designs into future vehicle products. It is expected that the maximum driving distance of electric vehicles will be increased through higher power storage, and at the same time, the worry about the lack of electricity when using electric vehicles will be reduced.

Since solid-state batteries can be used with a higher power storage density, and they are designed with solid-state materials, they are more stable than the current battery design with liquid materials, so they are relatively safe to use as a whole. Therefore, it is regarded as the future application direction of electric vehicles.

And Toyota is sure to be the first to introduce solid-state batteries in its gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles starting in 2025, thereby extending the maximum use time of vehicles driven by electricity. As for Nissan, it has already built its prototype vehicles using solid-state batteries and plans to start trial production through the Yokohama plant in 2024. It is expected to launch its first electric vehicle designed with solid-state batteries in 2028.

In addition to Japanese car models planning to introduce solid-state battery design into electric vehicles, European car manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz are also planning to use solid-state batteries to drive the longest driving distance of electric vehicles.