Shift Magazine - November 25, 2019 - 10

BEYOND LITHIUM ION
SOLID-STATE BATTERIES SHOW PROMISE
Experts seek magic formula for
next generation of EV power
BY RICHARD TRUETT

Photo: Hans Greimel

Toyota plans a big-time debut for solid-state batteries at the Tokyo
Olympics next summer. A vehicle with solid-state batteries is expected
to be driven in either the games' opening or closing ceremonies.

W

hen the gull-wing doors
raised on the swoopy Lexus
LF-30 Electrified concept
car during its Tokyo Motor
Show debut late last month, two words
in bright blue letters could be seen on the
car's threshold: "Solid State."
It was further evidence that Toyota is
on track to keep a promise it made in
2017 to have solid-state batteries on the

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road by the mid-2020s.
These batteries use solid materials not
only for the electrodes, but also for the
electrolyte, normally a liquid or gel.
According to news reports, Shigeki
Terashi, chief technology officer, told
reporters before the Tokyo show that
next year, Toyota will debut at the Tokyo
Olympics a people-mover concept vehicle
powered by solid-state batteries. Toyota,

he said, expects solid-state batteries to
begin mass production around 2025.
In the race to replace lithium ion in the
next generation of electric car batteries,
solid-state technology is gaining a lot of
traction, not only at Toyota Motor Corp.,
but also with many other major automakers and battery suppliers, such as Japan's
Panasonic Corp. and South Korea's LG
Chem. Solid state just may have the



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