Toyota Nears Technological Breakthrough in Electric-Car...

Toyota Nears Technological Breakthrough in Electric-Car Batteries

Company is working on a new type of battery that could hold a higher charge, as it accelerates its push to build all-electric vehicles

Toyota was nearing a major technological breakthrough in electric-car batteries, as the world’s second-largest car maker by sales accelerates its push to build all-electric vehicles.
The technology, a solid electrolyte, would enable smaller, lighter lithium-ion batteries, which theoretically could hold a higher charge—boosting the range of electric vehicles, according to the company.
Toyota said it was working on “production engineering” for these batteries and it expects to start selling cars with the new batteries by the early 2020s.