While the electric car revolution is being received with great enthusiasm, it will naturally accelerate this revolution. The biggest factor is the prices of the vehicles. With the evolving technology, the prices of electric cars began to be almost the same as those of internal combustion engine vehicles in parallel segments.

While this is mostly seen in high-end vehicles (such as Porsche Taycan and BMW i4), If it is at the entry level, the same parallelism has not yet been achieved. So what was the source of this situation? Here is the answer to that question, recently given by Dave Gardner, Vice President of Business and Sales, Honda USA.

Prices are getting cheaper with the new battery technology:

Gardner answered this question by using current battery technology. as Honda They don’t believe that lithium-ion batteries are a long-term solution. Gardner stated: “Solid state batteries will change the game for us.” he said. This technology, which is still under development, is also being applied in electric cars, especially in the entry-level segment. will bring prices down.

But we won’t be getting solid-state batteries anytime soon:

On the other hand, Gardner believes we will have solid-state batteries. still not on the horizon explained. Therefore, this statement was an indication that the prices of electric vehicles will never be as cheap as combustion engine vehicles in the near future. Apart from all this, the world is already on the brink of a major crisis:

Summarized; Lithium-ion batteries, which are also used in products such as smartphones and laptops, -according to Honda- electric car prices It’s one of the main reasons it’s not as low as combustion engine cars, and this situation is unlikely to change until solid-state batteries are used commercially.

What is a solid state battery?

Lithium-ion batteries in use today often contain liquid or polymeric gel electrolytes. Solid state batteries, as you can tell from the name, has solid electrolytes. Although the discovery of solid-state batteries dates back to the 1800s, commercial use has not been possible because energy density suitable for commercial use has not yet been achieved.