Thread: EV general discussion

Promises promises or just waffle? The American one I have mentioned is still at or close to a very nice year high. Toj0 might have been clever to wait and lurk perhps?



Writing about solid-state batteries feels like waiting for a train that’s always five minutes away, but it never actually arrives. Automakers have been developing these ‘holy grail’ batteries for years, but we’re yet to see a real-world mass-market application.
The bold claims, however, continue to land much faster than the tech itself. But what their makers intend to do with this technology can speak volumes as well. At the recently concluded Japan Mobility Show, Toyota said that its solid-state batteries are designed to last 40 years.
If that’s true, that would be about 2.7 times the average age of a passenger vehicle in the U.S. as of 2025, which now stands at 14.5 years according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

from Toyota's 40-Year Solid-State Battery Could Change Everything We Know About EVs

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Wow... the only sensible fix for that is converting to fuel injection (movign the dizzie is too hard).

Could do but I think the point we're at now we're just trying to keep it as original as possible. I keep a really close eye on it. Like I've said before, whenever I push it out and hook up the battery I like to have a clear retreat point and a direct line to the fire extinguisher