With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became a Force to Reckon With

Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by alephnerd on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:27PM (#36839478)

Good point.

I brought up the oil aspect in my comments below, but because this was a battery tech related convo I decided to bring up the (relatively minor) lithium portion. Though the battery tech issue did play a role in Toyota's decision to develop the Prius and the Mirai

Japan's hydrogen strategy is definetly a reaction to oil shocks a la 2008 and 1973

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by _hypx on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:40PM (#36839599)

Wrong. It is the smartest choice we can think of. It is batteries that is just an irrational reaction to oil shocks of the 2000s. Hydrogen is actually a fully sustainable idea and will eventually be adopted across the board. Batteries are just going to be a temporary stopgap.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by alephnerd on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:49PM (#36839681)

I was responding to his point about Oil dependency.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by _hypx on Sunday July 23, 2023 @05:08PM (#36839861)

His point is backwards. You want to switch to hydrogen if you want to avoid future crises. Batteries just create the same situation.

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