---
title: "Toyota Making Electric Car With “Game-Changing” Solid State Battery"
description: "Japanese carmaker Toyota is set to unveil what the media is calling a \"game-changing\" solid state battery as soon as next year."
date: "2020-12-11"
modified: "2020-12-11"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/toyota-car-solid-state-battery"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "electric cars"
  - "solid-state batteries"
  - "the digest"
  - "toyota"
---

# Toyota Making Electric Car With “Game-Changing” Solid State Battery

![Japanese carmaker Toyota is set to unveil what the media is calling a "game-changing" solid state battery as soon as next year.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/toyota-car-solid-state-battery.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Toyota\</em\>*

## Solid State

Japanese carmaker Toyota is set to unveil what the media is calling a "game-changing" solid state battery as soon as next year, Japanese financial newspaper [*Nikkei* reports](<https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Toyota-s-game-changing-solid-state-battery-en-route-for-2021-debut>).

Such tech could allow electric cars of the future to drive over 300 miles on one charge and completely recharge in just ten minutes.

Toyota, currently ranked as the largest automaker in the world, is set to unveil a prototype next year, according to *Nikkei* – potentially becoming the first automaker to show off a vehicle powered by a solid state battery.

## Game Changing

Not only would such batteries be much quicker to charge, but *Nikkei* reports that they could minimize the risks of fires compared to conventional lithium-ion batteries. They could also occupy far less physical space.

Toyota isn't the only company investing in developing solid state batteries. Japanese carmaker Nissan is also planning to release a vehicle using the tech by 2028. And German automaker Volkswagen is also teaming up with a US startup to develop its own take on the batteries.

**READ MORE:** [Toyota's game-changing solid-state battery en route for 2021 debut](<https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Toyota-s-game-changing-solid-state-battery-en-route-for-2021-debut>) \[*Nikkei Asia*\]

**More on solid-state batteries:** *[If Graphene Batteries Do Everything Scientists Say, They Could Be a Gamechanger](<https://futurism.com/graphene-batteries-gamechanger>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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