EV News: Nissan showcases prototype facility for producing solid state batteries

Nissan is working in full force towards producing solid state batteries. The Japanese carmaker is aiming to introduce solid state battery cells in the market by 2028 and has now unveiled a prototype state-of-the-art facility where it aims to build all-solid-state-batteries.

As part of the Japanese carmaker’s Ambition 2030, it wants to become self-sufficient in producing solid state batteries and will launch an EV with all-solid-state batteries developed in-house by 2028.

A big question that people are asking right now is: why is Nissan focusing more on solid state batteries than the lithium ion batteries found in EVs these days? The simple answer to this question is that solid-state batteries store more energy, have shorter charging times and are cheaper as compared to their lithium ion counterparts. Going by all this, Nissan is working in full force towards reducing the cost of producing solid-state batteries to $75 per kWh in 2028 and further down to $65 per kWh by the start of the next decade.

Nissan is looking to use solid-state batteries in all kinds of vehicles ranging from pickup trucks to city cars.

Kunio Nakaguro, executive vice president in charge of R&D, said: "Nissan has been a leader in electrification technology through a wide range of R&D activities, from molecular-level battery material research to the development of safe, high-performance EVs. Our initiatives even include city development using EVs as storage batteries.”

“The knowledge gained from our experience supports the development of all-solid-state batteries and we’ve accumulated important elemental technologies. Going forward, our R&D and manufacturing divisions will continue to work together to utilize this prototype production facility and accelerate the practical application of all-solid-state batteries," he further commented.