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Originally Posted by MightyMouseTech
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Let me just reiterate from my last post:
The optimistic timelines you hear splashed about by the media should be treated with skepticism.
What's being shown this year is a prototype. From the article you pointed to:
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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.
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And while they intend to reach production in the "early 2020s", until they've demonstrated they've solved the challenges with the technology such as limited number of charge cycles, and until they've nailed down a more firm production timeframe, that too should be taken with a grain of salt.