Toyota today said it had made a technological breakthrough that will allow electric vehicles to run for 745 miles and be recharged within ten minutes.
The Japanese carmaker had already identified solid-state batteries (SSBs) as a way for EVs to achieve much longer journeys without a recharge but now says this breakthrough has significantly moved the timeline forward.
In a statement today, Toyota said it had simplified the production of the material for SSBs, clearing the way for their use in use in electric vehicles as soon as 2027.
Solid-state are smaller, hold more charge and are less volatile than lithium-ion batteries, the current battery used in EVs and that contain a liquid electrolyte.
However, solid-state batteries are trickier and more expensive to make.
Toyota first unveiled its battery plans three weeks ago on the eve of its AGM where unprecedented motions had been tabled for the removal of chairman Akio Tokoda due largely to the company’s poor EV performance compared to Tesla.