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Toyota sees solid-state batteries as part of multipath approach to EVs

Toyota electric concept
A Toyota EV concept vehicle. Toyota is planning to progressively update its current batteries to produce cars that can travel more than 1,000 km (620 miles) on a single charge by 2027-28.
December 14, 2023 05:00 AM

TOKYO-SHIMOYAMA, Japan – Supporters of solid-state batteries have described them as a breakthrough that will sharply increase electric vehicle range and efficiency, but Toyota, the world’s best-selling automaker, says that the technology is just part of a multipath approach to increasing EV adoption.

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