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CTOnews.com, February 13, Nissan Europe Senior Vice President of Research and Development David Moss said that Nissan will produce the first liquid-free, low-cost solid-state batteries in 2025, with the intention of being "a leader in the industry" and plans to produce a new electric vehicle powered by solid-state batteries in 2028.

Nissan first announced its participation in the development of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles in 2021, when it said it would build pilot facilities to make prototype batteries. A year later, prototype development was carried out at the Nissan Research Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Nissan is expected to launch a limited production trial version of solid-state batteries by 2025, complete the engineering design of the initial technology by 2026, and launch the first mass-produced electric vehicle by 2028, David Moss said in an interview.

In addition, David Moss said Nissan was taking steps to further develop current lithium-ion battery technology, with the goal of launching a next-generation battery within the next few years, followed by a cobalt-free battery in 2028, which would reduce costs by up to 65 per cent.

As far as solid-state batteries are concerned, compared with currently available batteries, the advantages are obvious: first of all, the charging speed is increased by three times, no matter how the temperature is close to the constant 400 kilowatts, and continue to achieve double energy density in the same physical space. The total cost is halved. Nissan had previously said it aimed to achieve a cost of $75 per kilowatt-hour battery pack by fiscal year 2028 and $65 per kilowatt-hour thereafter.

CTOnews.com learned that Nissan engineers in Japan, working with scientists at Oxford University, have successfully developed from a small button-like battery to a larger 10-square-centimeter battery in the current development phase, with the final battery comparable in size to a laptop.

David Moss added that Nissan hopes to completely remove liquid elements from the battery, which it says will greatly improve the efficiency of storage and power transmission.

"that's where we're ahead. Some solid-state batteries still have liquid electrolytes, which is a problem because liquids boil. The efficiency of energy storage and transmission as well as the energy put into it will be affected."

Achieving all these goals ultimately means that future electric cars will be lighter, have longer mileage, charge faster and cost less (at least batteries).

Nissan is not the only company dedicated to bringing solid-state batteries to the mass market. StoreDot, SolidPower, Factorial, QuantumScape and others are working on solid-state battery technology versions.

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