Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption::The potential to significantly reduce pollution could be huge.

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    11 months ago

    Available in 2027 or 2028. I might be in the market around then, though I’m sure they’re gonna push it to the luxury brands first as an upgrade.

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      11 months ago

      If there was any chance of this being viable by 2028, they would have a demo car today that works

      Car production timelines are LONG

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        11 months ago

        Yes this. If those years were realistic there would be a car we’d be looking at in prototype form.

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        11 months ago

        They could maybe make the battery the same form factor as the other one already in production so it wouldn’t be an issue. The battery tech may not allow that… but it’s possible.

        The rest of the vehicle just cares about the voltage coming from the battery.

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          11 months ago

          It requires years of test drives to go to market and get production quantities enough to sell

          There is a 0% chance it’s available in 2028 if there isn’t a demo unit today.

          It might be in some high end “we’ll sell 1,000 of these cars” by then