By the end of 2020, Honda aims to enhance its electric vehicles with all-solid-state batteries, doubling their driving range. the company is investing
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Honda Motor aims to double the driving range of its electric cars by the end of 2020 when they begin adopting all-solid-state batteries, a new type of power source under development, the head of its research unit said Wednesday. Said to.
All-solid-state batteries, replacing liquid-state lithium-ion batteries, will yield double the driving range by the end of this decade and more than 2.5 times that by the 2040s, said Keiji Otsu, president of Honda R&D.
Automakers and battery suppliers around the world unveiled plans to develop solid-state batteries, billed as a key technology to create longer-lasting, safer and cheaper electric vehicles amid a slowdown in EV development Is.
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“This is a game-changer for the EV era,” Otsu told reporters at Honda's pilot all-solid-state battery production line in Tochigi, north of Tokyo. Honda is investing 43 billion yen ($277 million) in the Pilot Line, about half of which is funded by Japanese government subsidies.
Otsu said Honda will begin operating a pilot line in January, with the goal of reducing battery size by 50 percent, weight by 35 percent and costs by 25 percent from current levels over the next half decade.
Honda plans to increase its annual EV production to more than 2 million units by 2030. It targets a global sales ratio of 40 per cent for EV and fuel cell vehicles in 2030 and 100 per cent in 2040.
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Honda's strategic partner Nissan Motor is also developing all-solid-state batteries, aiming to begin operating its pilot line in March.
Otsu suggested the possibility of joint materials procurement, saying, “There may be areas where we can work together.”
Otsu said Honda has “no reason to refuse” external sales of its solid-state batteries if it is mutually beneficial for it and partners.
Toyota Motor, the world's largest automaker by sales, plans to commercialize all-solid-state batteries in 2027-2028 in partnership with oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan. ($1 = 155.2800 yen)
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First publication date: Nov 21, 2024, 10:01 am IST