Honda moves closer to solid-state battery breakthrough with new demo production line

https://headlight.news/2024/11/20/honda-moves-closer-to-solid-state-battery-breakthrough-with-new-demo-production-line/ 

"2nd half of 2020s... lighter, more energy dense... cut battery cost in half, to $50-60 kWh... need to make scalable: demonstration line replicates processes required for mass production... demo line 295K square feet, roll-pressing process increasing cell density enabling continuous production... reduce production time per cell"

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