Honda says it is accelerating research at its new 27,000 square-meter demo facility set up in Sakura City, Japan, and is shortening the time required to make a single unit. The site has full-scale equipment that is split between three buildings: the first for cathode formation and cell assembly; the second for anode formation; and the third for electrolyte activation and module assembly.

The plan includes using a continuous inline mixer that Honda says is “three times faster” than typical cell batch processing. Honda plans to make batteries on this line in January.

Honda is readying its solid-state tech for mass production in the second half of the 2020s. The company’s CEO Toshihiro Mibe has eluded that solid-state batteries will also be the key to unlocking cheaper EVs.

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    2 days ago

    The company’s CEO Toshihiro Mibe has eluded that solid-state batteries will

    I assume the author meant “alluded” here, but solid state batteries certainly have been elusive.

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      We’re starting to see proof of concepts in the solid state battery race, but they fall way short of projections. Let’s see what happens when the tech proliferates.

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      4 hours ago

      Love the blue-shift red-shift infinity mirrors, because why not.

      Overly dramatic? Yes. But cliche? No, not yet. Anyway it’s no PT Cruiser or Aztec.

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      Good looking stuff.
      How’s the cargo space, though?

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        It looks like one of the handheld vacuums to clean a desk or something small. It very much looks like a mouth shape