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Toyota claims it is 'almost there' with the ability to manufacture solid state electric batteries that will give EVs a 1,200 km (745 miles) range and that can charge in 10 minutes (archive.ph)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The size of the company making the claim has no correlation to the veracity of the claim.

BP, Exxon, Shell spent decades claiming global warming wasn't real.

Philip Morris & British American Tobacco spent decades telling us smoking didnt cause cancer.

All of whom are or were as large as Toyota.

Look at their track record and judge their words against their actions.

Toyota has spent considerable sums over many years campaigning against Electric Vehicles.

https://electrek.co/2021/09/22/toyota-facing-boycotts-over-fight-slow-electric-vehicle-progress/

So should you believe a company that says it's about to table the next huge EV breakthrough when it fouht tooth and nail to slow that transition ?

Your choice, but I won't until I see something more substantial than press releases

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also look at thier pathetic EV offerings at the moment: they're obviously still in the "build compliance EVs until the hydrogen ones are ready" mindset: https://youtu.be/yOeDJ7s_LCc

They'd be better off if they just took an off the shelf battery pack and put it in the muria instead of a hydrogen fuel cell...