Toyota leads consortium to develop hydrogen-powered Hilux pickup

Toyota is leading a consortium to develop a prototype hydrogen fuel cell-powered version of its  Hilux pick-up at the company’s UK vehicle plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire. Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK has successfully secured UK Government funding for the project through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), an organisation supporting the development of cleaner technologies and new…

Solid-state EV batteries ‘still a decade from mass production’, claims StoreDot

StoreDot, a developer of extreme fast charging battery technology for electric vehicles, has stated that mass-produced solid-state batteries are still at least a decade from mass production and that car manufacturers should be considering interim technologies such as semi-solid batteries. Solid-state batteries promise cost-effective fast and safe charging batteries, with high energy densities. However, they…