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Toyota claims it is 'almost there' with the ability to manufacture solid state electric batteries that will give EVs a 1,200 km (745 miles) range and that can charge in 10 minutes (archive.ph)

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[–] kornel 1 points 1 year ago

They were saying in 2009 they'll have them by 2015.

They've said they're "around the corner" in 2017. Now they're eyeballing 2027.

In the meantime batteries in their actual car are prone to overheating and have to slow down recharging during road trips. Their car has lower range than most BEVs in its (inflated) price range.

Toyota can't make a good BEV. The best can do is to manufacture endless news that will make people delay purchases of competitor's cars that are actually shipping with good batteries.