Yahoo Autos Nissan Projects Solid-State Batteries in Its EVs by 2028
Solid-state batteries and wireless charging represent the next big technological improvements for electric vehicles. Nissan now says it will have a production EV with solid batteries in 2028.
Promised are longer range, shorter charge times, and less chance of fire, but questions about cost and life span must be solved.
Other automakers, including Ford, BMW, and Toyota, are all working on solid-state technology, with plans to introduce some version of the tech as early as 2025.
All this month, Nissan is hosting an exhibit at its Global Headquarters Gallery in Yokohama, Japan, called Nissan Futures. As the name implies, the display focuses on how Nissan works on that elusive "future of sustainable mobility" concept. One of the core ideas to be discussed is "evolved solid-state batteries." We might see a production Nissan electric vehicle with these next-gen packs by 2028.
Nissan's plans include getting a pilot production plant producing the first solid-state batteries by 2025, completing the initial application engineering by 2026, and then the vehicle application in 2028, according to a new report in Autocar. The automaker is working with researchers at the University of Oxford on the project.
