Nissan, one of Japan’s most famous automaker brands, is planning a move ahead of other giants in electric vehicles. Last Friday, Nissan released a new prototype developed at its production plant in Yokohama, Japan.
According to the company, this prototype belongs to solid-state batteries that will be used for future electric vehicles. The company plans to have these batteries fully ready by 2024 and then be used in electric vehicle development. In addition, the automobile giant is working with NASA for these batteries.
Nissan plans to launch its first solid-state battery electric car in 2028
It’s rumored that Nissan plans to launch its first solid-state battery powered car in 2028 using solid-state batteries, which they plan to complete the prototype for by 2024. It plans to launch its first electric vehicle using a solid-state battery.
Nissan Corporate Vice President Kazuhiro Doi, who made a statement on the subject, told reporters that this cooperation with the participation of NASA and the University of California San Diego would benefit both NASA and Nissan. “NASA and Nissan both need the same type of battery,” Doi said.
So why are these batteries so important?
Solid-state batteries can theoretically charge faster, have more power capacity, and last longer than the lithium-ion batteries most electric cars currently use. In other words, the range of vehicles is longer with a smaller and cheaper battery. Nissan says it plans to use solid-state batteries in all of its vehicle lines, including its pickup trucks. It is planned that these batteries will be fully charged in 15 minutes and will be half the size of the batteries currently used.
Solid-state batteries could reduce the price of charging batteries with electricity to $75 per kW/h by 2028 and even $65 per kW/h thereafter. This means that these batteries could help make electric cars much more affordable, and at some point even bring them down to the same price as petrol cars.
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