Nissan says it is overcoming solid-state EV battery challenges

Nissan R&D — The 1,400-square-foot workshop is a walled-off dry room housed inside an old warehouse at Nissan's Oppama factory complex where engineers once worked on prototyping new catalysts. (NISSAN)

April 08, 2022 12:30 AM

TOKYO — The engineering guru leading Nissan's quest for solid-state batteries wants to disabuse people of the notion that solid state is inherently safer than today's lithium ion packs.

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