Thursday, March 28

Nissan bets on electric with solid-state battery | Digital Trends Spanish

By 2028, Nissan has set itself the launch of an electric vehicle powered by a laminated solid-state battery. This was established after presenting its plant prototype for the production of this type of power sources.

The laboratory will be located in the Research Center that the Japanese brand has in the Kanagawa prefecture. The objective is to have a pilot production line during 2024, to study “the materials, the design and the manufacturing processes”.

“Nissan believes that solid-state batteries can be reduced to $75 per kWh during fiscal year 2028 and $65 per kWh thereafter,” he said in a statement. Press release. That way, electric cars will have the “same cost level as gasoline vehicles,” he argued.

For the Japanese manufacturer, “solid-state batteries are a technology that changes the rules of the game to accelerate the popularity of electric vehicles.”

Among other features, they have an energy density approximately twice that of conventional lithium-ion batteries. They also feature significantly less charging time, thanks to superior charging and discharging performance. As if that were not enough, its cost is also lower, thanks to the possibility of using cheaper materials.

“With these advantages, Nissan hopes to use solid-state batteries in a wide range of vehicle segments, including trucks (pick-up), making its electric vehicles more competitive,” said the Asian giant.

In the opinion of the executive vice president in charge of R&D, Kunio Nakaguro, Nissan has the electrification technology through a wide range of activities. Among them, he cited “the research of materials for batteries at the molecular level to the development of safe and high-performance electric vehicles.”

“Our initiatives even include urban development using electric vehicles as storage batteries,” he concluded.

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