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Solid batteries, Nissan believes in them. The Japanese manufacturer plans to market electric cars equipped with this technology by 2028. So just to afford the means of its ambitions, it unveiled on Monday April 11, 2022 its factory which will be dedicated to the production of these batteries. solid.
Located within Nissan’s research center in Yokohama (Japan), this new plant will enable Nissan to develop this solid battery technology, which the brand downright considers “revolutionary”. Thanks to an “energy density about twice that of lithium-ion batteries”, solid-state batteries could indeed offer a much shorter charging time and lower the price of electric cars.
The price of electric cars in the viewfinder
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Nissan therefore sees solid-state batteries as a way to democratize the electric car, often considered to be complicated to recharge, or as too expensive. According to an estimate by member firm of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, the cost of solid-state batteries could “be reduced to $75 per kWh in fiscal year 2028 and $65 per kWh thereafter. ”, which should “place electric vehicles at the same price level as gasoline vehicles”.
The solid battery, a way to electrify pick-ups?
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This is why this new factory will also allow the Japanese manufacturer to install batteries of this type “in models of many segments”. The pick-up segment is particularly targeted, which for the moment has few electric models. Since the plant that Nissan unveiled is considered a prototype, it clearly calls for the construction of other centers dedicated to the manufacture of solid-state batteries.
In short
Will the price of electric cars drop in the next few years? This is what Nissan is hoping for by developing solid-state battery technology. The brand is opening a factory in Japan to produce these batteries, which should be fitted to a future Nissan model by 2028. Solid-state batteries could also reduce the charging time of electric cars.
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