Nissan has discovered the formula to lead the electric car market in the third decade. The Japanese firm has presented a prototype for the production of solid-state batteries, a technology that it intends to incorporate from 2028, surpassing all its rivals.
Competitiveness between brands in the market for electric cars is booming. Some of those known as generalists are already reaching some Premium in the development of advanced technology, especially in the field of batteries. The power element of the electric motors, and the one that provides the autonomy, goes way to take a giant step in the coming years.
Although Toyota is one of the leaders, and has several open changes in future technologies, those of nissan They have just submitted their production prototype for solid-state batteries. The Japanese have found an important key to the zero emissions that will arrive at the end of the second half of the decade, developing a storage device that offers a higher energy density, more autonomy and shorter charging timebeing ready for series production from 2028.
Nissan electrics with solid-state battery will cost like a combustion car
The manufacturer has developed this technology based on fine sheets full of high-voltage cells that accumulate in a stack one on top on the other, wrapped in a pressed package in which the cells accumulate. For now, Nissan has only revealed that this new battery doubles the energy density compared to lithium used so far, and that the material used is also cheaper than this chemical element, so It is not about nickel and cobalt either, which are more expensive..
The brand will start produce these new batteries from March 2024but they will not enter the mass production lines until four years later, as they will be used internally for testing. At the same time, the brand will work to lower the cost enough and enough to match the price of combustion carssome figures that will make more than one think about whether to bet on the electric or not.
In this sense, one of the people in charge of the project has been proclaimed, and of the Research and Development department of Nissan in Kanagawa. Kunio Nakaguro pointed out that “Nissan is at the forefront of electrification thanks to a wide range of research and development work, ranging from battery materials to the molecular level or to the design of safe and high-performance electric vehicles” .