Nissan's New Battery Tech Sounds Awesome, But It Can Kill You

10 Apr 2022 | Abstracted from Car Buzz

"...according to Kazuhiro Doi, (Nissan) corporate vice president in charge of advanced battery research, the new tech might be even more dangerous than the battery packs currently popular within the industry. ''Energy density is double, so you have a potential bomb that's more dangerous,'' said Kazuhiro san. The good news is that Nissan believes that it has solved most of the inherent risks, but it comes with a massive time penalty."

"The process (of hand assembling the prototype solid state cells) is so tediously slow that Nissan is currently producing only 50 of these pouches per month, and according to Kenzo Oshihara, deputy general manager for innovative battery production engineering, an average car will need about 5,000."

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