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Some people might scoff at the 2027/28 timeline, but I doubt this is vaporware. Toyota is the world's biggest car maker, so their claims have some credibility.
Toyota's breakthrough is with mass-producing these types of batteries, they still face challenges in real world use - "Problems include the extreme sensitivity of the batteries to moisture and oxygen, as well as the mechanical pressure needed to hold them together to prevent the formation of dendrites, the metal filaments that can cause short circuits."
We've heard the same about Nokia — they were the best, the biggest, the most experienced.
Toyota is just making these vaporware releases to cast an Osborne Effect on manufacturers that can actually produce BEVs with good batteries. Toyota can't.