Nissan plans to launch its first EV with a solid-state battery by 2028

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Nissan revealed a prototype production facility in Yokohama, Japan, on Friday, where the company says it plans to manufacture solid-state batteries for use in electric vehicles. Nissan aims to establish a pilot production line at its Yokohama Plant in fiscal 2024, with materials, design and manufacturing processes for prototype production on the line to be studied at the prototype production facility.

It is thought that all-solid-state batteries could charge more quickly, hold more power, and last longer than lithium-ion batteries. Nissan expects to use the batteries across its vehicle lineup, including its pickup trucks. The price of battery packs could be reduced to $65 per kWh by the year 2028. The batteries will help make EV more affordable and eventually put them at the same price point as gasoline-powered vehicles.

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Other companies are also working on batteries. Ford says it will have all-solid-state batteries ready by the end of the decade, while Volkswagen-backed QuantumScape plans to start selling them in 2024. Toyota said last year that it wants to start manufacturing the batteries by the mid-2020s, but that it has to continue research into the technology because it is costly to make all-solid-state batteries.