They could maybe make the battery the same form factor as the other one already in production so it wouldn’t be an issue. The battery tech may not allow that… but it’s possible.
If there was any chance of this being viable by 2028, they would have a demo car today that works
Car production timelines are LONG
schmidtster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It requires years of test drives to go to market and get production quantities enough to sell
There is a 0% chance it’s available in 2028 if there isn’t a demo unit today.
It might be in some high end “we’ll sell 1,000 of these cars” by then
schmidtster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s a battery, they can probably forgo a lot of the usual testing since it’s only necessary to match voltage performance requirements.
In theory, it could also be used to replacing existing vehicles batteries as well.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They can’t bypass certifications
They’ve also been pushing hydrogen and not working on BEVs while everyone else was working on BEVs
I like your optimism, but this is just marketing fluff that won’t come to market on that timeline
I don’t know if the journalist didn’t understand, or Toyota lied, but it’s not happening by 2028
DarkShaggy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes this. If those years were realistic there would be a car we’d be looking at in prototype form.