Honda is fast-tracking its plans to make solid-state batteries

Honda recently set up a demonstration facility in Japan to showcase its plans for producing solid-state batteries at lower costs, which could enable the company to make higher range and longer lasting electric vehicles. 

Zooming in: Solid-state batters have several major consumer benefits over lithium batteries due to their size, weight, and other properties, as outlined in a report by the research and insights company CPI.

• Vehicles with solid-state batteries have much longer-range potential, with some estimates at 745 miles on one charge.

• Recharging time for lithium vehicles can take anywhere from 20 minutes to 12 hours, compared to as little as 10 to 15 minutes, to obtain an 80% charge with a solid-state battery.  

• Solid-state batteries can be charged 5 times more than lithium batteries over the course of their lifetime. 

Worth noting: Solid-state batteries are also less prone to fire due to their higher thermal stability and use fewer materials to make, reducing their climate impact by 39% compared to lithium batteries.

Digging in: Honda certainly isn’t the only automaker pursuing solid-state battery tech. Nissan, Volkswagen, and Dodge are exploring the technology as well. However, Honda is taking some major steps in its strategy to lead the space, with a focus on making their production process more efficient and less timely.  

• Honda is accelerating its research at its new 27,000-square-foot demo facility.

• The company plans to use a continuous inline mixer that it says is “three times faster” than the typical cell-batching, the process used to prepare individual battery cells.

• Honda will begin making batteries on its continuous inline mixer in Jan.

Bigger picture: Solid-state batteries could solidify the automaker as a leader in mass vehicle electrification and make it a lot easier to lure car buyers to EVs.

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