Why? EV’s in the current level of battery capacity (including best of the best made by Panasonic Corporation) are a very niche products. Current EV’s cars are to driving only from point A to point B (daily work driving nothing more..)

@@carolusbaillivus8370 Yeah no, they are great for trips, my brother just took his model Y on a several country road trip, and it was cheaper and a much nicer ride than his ice car, his only regret is not spending more time in the car.

@@-JustHuman- new experience is always fun! EV cars are really fun to drive, but this driving is too short.. As Akio TOYODA said: “disadvantages of current battery technology is not making EV’s car full functional! It will be changed when new Solid State Batteries technology will be developed and proved.” Then TOYOTA jump in EV’s business with new technology as their special ability!!! :)

@@carolusbaillivus8370 That will take maybe a decade or more, just think they need to make it possible, then have a process to scale it, as we have many great batteries that really only work in the lab, as they are to hard to make or cost to much. Then they need to build new factories which can take years on it's own, as we have seen with other companies. So before long 10 years would have gone by, and that means lithium batteries would also be better and way cheaper by then. Saw a whole documentary about this, that even if solid state do come will it even be cheap or good enough to warrant a swicht to it, as the examples we have from labs now are on best a little behind current batteries on all the metrics combined, as one aspect in one type can be great but others lack. Like capacity in one means cycles are low, or cycles are great but the price would be too high.

@@-JustHuman- current Tesla’s batteries (especially made by renowned Panasonic Corporation with Japanese quality built in…) are good enough to create a fine car. Fine, but not functional as for example new Land Cruiser with bi-turbo V6 capable to drive in snow, harsh terrain and a lot of highway mileage. Mr. Akio TOYODA is a visionary man. After shift to new technology there will be a big leap like when they introduced PRIUS (very first hybrid car!) With SSB batteries there will be headlines that TOYOTA has reinvented EV’s! In 2025AD there will be introduction of SSB cars! I will wait with a big hope to see TOYOTA’s (and Panasonic!) achievement! :)