Are Solid-State Batteries the Game Changer?

[Avnish001]

Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about solid-state batteries and how they could revolutionize electric vehicles. With promises of faster charging, longer range, and better safety, they seem like the next big thing in EV tech. Toyota, BMW, and even some startups are investing heavily in this area.

What are your thoughts in this?

 

[BatteryMooch]

Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about solid-state batteries and how they could revolutionize electric vehicles. With promises of faster charging, longer range, and better safety, they seem like the next big thing in EV tech. Toyota, BMW, and even some startups are investing heavily in this area.

What are your thoughts in this?

A couple years away from full production, still LOTS of work to do to scale up production successfully (high enough yield), expensive as all heck, other tech like Na-Ion catching up with a lot of (true) solid-state battery (SSB) benefits. CATL just announced a 2025 release of their Na-Ion cells ahead of their SSB cells that as recently as last Nov they were pushing hard on developing.

We always need to be aware of who is saying things like “revolutionize”. A writer looking for clicks? A researcher looking for additional financing or a company to commercialize her/his work? A company looking to distract from another company’s work?

Cell development comes in small, evolutionary steps, most of which lead nowhere with almost all development work not resulting in commercialization of the tech. There are successes, of course, but they are slow and difficult.

Still, SSB’s can offer some benefits for higher-end EV use and I’m looking forward to them eventually coming market!

 

[BlueSwordM]

Honestly, I'm tempted to respond, but I can smell the data collection from something that sounds like someone writing with an LLM.

 

[slaphappygamer]

I’m excited. I’d love to have a lighter and safer battery with more capacity, more discharge current, and quicker charging. Aside from price, should be a no brainer in 5-10 years.

 

[BatteryMooch]

Honestly, I'm tempted to respond, but I can smell the data collection from something that sounds like someone writing with an LLM.

Hmm…hadn’t considered that. And I am usually am pretty skeptical/suspicious…

 

[Avnish001]

A couple years away from full production, still LOTS of work to do to scale up production successfully (high enough yield), expensive as all heck, other tech like Na-Ion catching up with a lot of (true) solid-state battery (SSB) benefits. CATL just announced a 2025 release of their Na-Ion cells ahead of their SSB cells that as recently as last Nov they were pushing hard on developing.

We always need to be aware of who is saying things like “revolutionize”. A writer looking for clicks? A researcher looking for additional financing or a company to commercialize her/his work? A company looking to distract from another company’s work?

Cell development comes in small, evolutionary steps, most of which lead nowhere with almost all development work not resulting in commercialization of the tech. There are successes, of course, but they are slow and difficult.

Still, SSB’s can offer some benefits for higher-end EV use and I’m looking forward to them eventually coming market!

Absolutely agree, the path to SSB commercialization is far more evolutionary than revolutionary. The hype often overshadows the technical and production challenges that still need solving. Sodium-ion’s rapid progress is definitely one to watch too. It’ll be interesting to see which tech proves both scalable and cost-effective in the real world.