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Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com, July 4 (Xinhua) Toyota, the world's second-largest carmaker, said on Tuesday that it had made a major breakthrough in battery technology to halve the weight, size and cost of batteries, which could give a huge boost to the progress of electric vehicles.

Toyota has previously made plans to launch cars with advanced solid-state batteries by 2025, which have many advantages over liquid batteries. On Tuesday, the Japanese company announced that it had simplified the production of materials used to make solid-state batteries, calling the discovery an important leap forward that could significantly reduce charging time and increase mileage.

Keiji Kaida, president of Toyota's carbon Neutralization Research and Development Center, said, "whether it is liquid or solid-state batteries, we are committed to changing the current situation in which batteries are too big, too heavy and too expensive." we will try to halve these factors. "

David Bailey, a professor of business economics at the University of Birmingham, said that if Toyota's claim is true, then this could be a milestone for electric vehicles in the future. "there are usually some breakthroughs in the prototype phase, but it is difficult to scale up production," he said. "if this is a real breakthrough, then it could be a disruptive innovation, the holy grail of electric vehicles."

Mr. Kaida said the company has developed ways to improve battery durability and believes it can now produce solid-state batteries with a range of 1200 kilometers and a charging time of 10 minutes or less. The company is expected to start producing solid-state batteries for electric vehicles in 2027, the Financial Times reported.

Solid-state batteries have long been widely seen as a potential subverter of electric vehicles, reducing charging time, increasing capacity and reducing the risk of fire for lithium-ion batteries using liquid electrolytes. However, solid-state batteries are often more difficult and expensive to make, limiting their commercial applications.

Toyota says it believes it can simplify the production process and make solid-state batteries easier to produce than lithium-ion batteries.

Compared with its competitors, Toyota is seen as a laggard in the electric car market. CTOnews.com noted that in June last year, it recalled 2700 of its first electric vehicles because of the risk of wheels falling off. Last month, advertising standards agencies in the UK and Ireland banned advertisements from Toyota and Hyundai for exaggerating the charging speed of electric cars and misleading consumers about the availability of fast charging points in the UK and Ireland.

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