Don't rule out Toyota doing a Tesla and upending EVs
The automaker claims it has made a breakthrough on one of the holy grails of electric vehicles: solid-state lithium ion batteries, which would mean a battery that can power a vehicle for 745 miles on a single charge, recharge in 10 minutes and is far less prone to overheating and fire. In other words, all the current hang-ups about EVs — range, refueling time, safety — disappear