MCN (Digital)

MCN (Digital)

1 Issue, 3 January 2025

Power solution

Honda begin pilot production of solid-state batteries – the key to cheap, lightweight, high-performance electricsn
Power solution
WHAT'S NEW IN TECH A collection of unremarkable white factory buildings in Sakura, Japan, could house the key to Honda's future – all-solid-state EV batteries. The New Year will see it come to life as a demonstration production line begins rolling, using equipment and methods developed to mass-manufacture the solid-state batteries intended to power a future generation of lighter, cheaper and longer-range electric motorbikes. Solid-state batteries are widely seen as the silver bullet for electric vehicles and promise huge strides to address all the shortcomings of today's state-of-the-art lithium-ion options. They're smaller, lighter, more resilient, faster-charging, use more easily sourced materials and pose less risk of fire, as well as promising reduced costs. Honda's initial design, due in production EVs in the second half of the 2020s, is expected to…
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