Honda Solid-State Battery Breakthrough

[eddiet1212]

"...Honda’s new factory is a demonstration line, not a full-scale production facility. Honda is finalizing its production methods.
Honda expects to open its factory in January 2025..."

"....Honda is the only company whose production date is in a few weeks instead of a couple of years..."

The Science Behind Honda’s Solid-State Battery Breakthrough

Honda may become the first car company to get an all-solid-state battery into an actual car. Here is how they're doing it.

www.topspeed.com

 

[THil08]

"...Honda’s new factory is a demonstration line, not a full-scale production facility. Honda is finalizing its production methods.
Honda expects to open its factory in January 2025..."

"....Honda is the only company whose production date is in a few weeks instead of a couple of years..."

The Science Behind Honda’s Solid-State Battery Breakthrough

Honda may become the first car company to get an all-solid-state battery into an actual car. Here is how they're doing it.

www.topspeed.com

They look like the BYD blade battery. I still think PowerCo will succeed a lot more than any other company. Since PowerCo’s battery cells look highly serviceable. But this is a good step since the faster a company get them out the quicker the prices begins to drop, especially since lithium and other materials to make batteries are dropping at record rates.

 

[CarTechGeek]

FWIW, I consider "topspeed" a clickbait generator and have them blocked.

But either way, it's always beneficial to get as close to the original sources as possible. For Honda Solid State cell information, I suggest Honda themselves.

Honda Unveils Demonstration Production Line for All-Solid-State Batteries Located in Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan | Honda Global Corporate Website

Honda Global | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today unveiled the demonstration production line for all-solid-state batteries, which is being developed independently by Honda toward mass production.

global.honda

TLDR: This is not Honda working on the manufacturing after they have Solid State chemistry developed. They are going to be using this production line to work on developing production processes, while they simultaneously work on cell chemistry.

IOW, they aren't starting mass production of commercial cells next year. This is a research production line, to parallel their chemistry research.

Honda's target for production cells is:

"with the aim of starting mass production of the battery in the second half of the 2020s"

Generally when you hear companies targeting the second half of the year, that usually ends up being in December if they make their target. So I would expect nearer to 2029 for second half of the decade targets.