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Honda has a plan to build solid-state batteries for EVs (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 days ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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Honda says it is accelerating research at its new 27,000 square-meter demo facility set up in Sakura City, Japan, and is shortening the time required to make a single unit. The site has full-scale equipment that is split between three buildings: the first for cathode formation and cell assembly; the second for anode formation; and the third for electrolyte activation and module assembly.

The plan includes using a continuous inline mixer that Honda says is “three times faster” than typical cell batch processing. Honda plans to make batteries on this line in January.

Honda is readying its solid-state tech for mass production in the second half of the 2020s. The company’s CEO Toshihiro Mibe has eluded that solid-state batteries will also be the key to unlocking cheaper EVs.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The company’s CEO Toshihiro Mibe has eluded that solid-state batteries will

I assume the author meant "alluded" here, but solid state batteries certainly have been elusive.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 10 points 2 days ago

We're starting to see proof of concepts in the solid state battery race, but they fall way short of projections. Let's see what happens when the tech proliferates.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

I was curious about the thumbnail

The Saloon is the flagship concept model of the Honda 0 Series, which embodies the “Thin, Light, and Wise” approach.

https://0.honda/en/SALOON/

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

I must say, that is a damn good looker.

[–] Apathy@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Why does it look like a usb stick from the front

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago

Love the blue-shift red-shift infinity mirrors, because why not.

Overly dramatic? Yes. But cliche? No, not yet. Anyway it’s no PT Cruiser or Aztec.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

Good looking stuff.
How's the cargo space, though?

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I love the back, I hate the front grille, it looks like a mouth.

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It looks like one of the handheld vacuums to clean a desk or something small. It very much looks like a mouth shape

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, it looks like one of those vacuum feeder sharks.