Nikkei Claims Toyota Will Unveil Solid State Battery EV In 2021
January 23rd, 2021This is from December.
Via: Nikkei:
A trip of 500 km on one charge. A recharge from zero to full in 10 minutes. All with minimal safety concerns. The solid-state battery being introduced by Toyota promises to be a game changer not just for electric vehicles but for an entire industry.
The technology is a potential cure-all for the drawbacks facing electric vehicles that run on conventional lithium-ion batteries, including the relatively short distance traveled on a single charge as well as charging times. Toyota plans to be the first company to sell an electric vehicle equipped with a solid-state battery in the early 2020s. The world’s largest automaker will unveil a prototype next year.
The electric vehicles being developed by Toyota will have a range more than twice the distance of a vehicle running on a conventional lithium-ion battery under the same conditions. All accomplished without sacrificing interior space in even the most compact vehicle.
They are still lithium based. Lithium is a neurotoxin. Leached into the groundwater it is a killer of plant and animal life.
You still have to strip mine the lithium. Then refine it. Then comes the litany of reactants, catalysts, stop baths and fresh water rinses to manufacture a battery. Any process to reclaim heavy metals will similarly involve a slurry of toxic soups.
There is nothing green about the storage of electricity. Then there is the fact that there is little green about the production of electricity. This is just another color, albeit modern, lipstick on a pig. Instead of fouling the air, we are determined to seriously despoil our soils and water.