[fnord77]

solid state batteries - perpetually only 5 years away

[comrade1234]

Mercedes has cars on the road now with solid state batteries. They're not mass-producing the batteries yet so they're only in test vehicles. Performance has been great.

[dalyons]

So do various Chinese manufacturers

[fnord77]

Cool, just five years away from production

[dalyons]

You can already buy cars with semi solid state, and full solid state goes into large scale production & cars in 2027. Not long to wait!

[fnord77]

> You can already buy cars with semi solid state,

In fact, you cannot. MG 4X: preorders. IM L6 "Lightyear Edition" - only a handful for sale. Nio - only at battery "swap" stations which are not open to the public.

[dalyons]

Wrong. MG4 solid state started deliveries last December in china https://electrek.co/2025/12/18/mg-delivers-first-mass-produc...

The mg4x is a different car (suv).