First solid-state EV planned by Nissan for 2028
- ByStartupStory | April 9, 2022
On Friday, Nissan unveiled a prototype production facility for solid-state batteries, a critical step in the automaker’s bid in order to develop and deliver an EV by 2028, powered by the next-generation battery technology.
While producing the prototype at the Nissan Research Center, the materials, design and manufacturing processes developed, it will be used in a pilot production line at Nissan’s plant in 2024 in Yokohama. Ultimately, all-solid-state batteries in pickup trucks and other vehicles has been aimed to be incorporated by Nisaan, as part of Nissan Ambition 2030, its long-term plan for EVs in order to comprise half of its global sales by the end of the decade.
As the key to unlocking cheaper, longer-range EVs for the masses, battery technology is seen by Nissan and many others. A technology that uses a solid electrolyte and not a liquid or gel-based electrolyte found in lithium-ion batteries to bet on solid-state batteries by a growing list of automakers, startups and investors prompted by it.
Nissan said that EVs can be made as affordable as gasoline-powered vehicles by the end of the decade by refining solid-state battery technology. Specifically, Nissan said all-solid-state batteries can be reduced in fiscal 2028 to $75 per kWh and thereafter, to $65 per kWh by placing EVs at the same cost level as gasoline-powered vehicles.
However, for electric vehicles commercializing solid-state batteries has been proved challenging. Currently, to manufacture the batteries is expensive and is difficult to scale.
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