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Honda has a plan to build solid-state batteries for EVs (www.theverge.com)
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Honda says it is accelerating research at its new 27,000 square-meter demo facility set up in Sakura City, Japan, and is shortening the time required to make a single unit. The site has full-scale equipment that is split between three buildings: the first for cathode formation and cell assembly; the second for anode formation; and the third for electrolyte activation and module assembly.

The plan includes using a continuous inline mixer that Honda says is “three times faster” than typical cell batch processing. Honda plans to make batteries on this line in January.

Honda is readying its solid-state tech for mass production in the second half of the 2020s. The company’s CEO Toshihiro Mibe has eluded that solid-state batteries will also be the key to unlocking cheaper EVs.

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was curious about the thumbnail

The Saloon is the flagship concept model of the Honda 0 Series, which embodies the “Thin, Light, and Wise” approach.

https://0.honda/en/SALOON/

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago

Good looking stuff.
How's the cargo space, though?

[-] Apathy@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Why does it look like a usb stick from the front

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

That's how you charge it. But then you need to flip the car upside down because the orientation is the wrong way round, and then flip the car back upright because it you actually had it right the first time.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago

I must say, that is a damn good looker.

[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 6 days ago

Love the blue-shift red-shift infinity mirrors, because why not.

Overly dramatic? Yes. But cliche? No, not yet. Anyway it’s no PT Cruiser or Aztec.

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

I love the back, I hate the front grille, it looks like a mouth.

[-] Aneb@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

It looks like one of the handheld vacuums to clean a desk or something small. It very much looks like a mouth shape

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it looks like one of those vacuum feeder sharks.

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