Nissan announced during a media tour of an unfinished pilot plant in Yokohama, Japan, that it expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced next-generation batteries by early 2029. The company aims to catch up and potentially leap ahead in the all-electric auto sector, where legacy automakers in Japan have fallen behind newer rivals like Tesla and BYD from the United States and China, respectively.
The new kind of battery Nissan is working on promises to be more powerful, cheaper, safer, and faster to charge than the lithium-ion batteries currently in use. These batteries, known as solid-state batteries, replace the corrosive liquids found in conventional batteries with solid metals, making them a highly anticipated technology for electric vehicles.
