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Nissan says it will make next-generation EV batteries by early 2029

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Nissan says it expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced next-generation batteries by early 2029. Correspondent Jeremy House reports.

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VERBATIM: Japan’s legacy automakers have fallen behind newer rivals like America’s Tesla and China’s BYD in the emerging all-electric auto sector. However, Nissan sees a chance to catch up and perhaps leap ahead with a new kind of battery that promises to be more powerful, cheaper, safer and faster to charge than the lithium-ion batteries in use today. Solid-state batteries are widely seen as the next step for EVs, and leading automakers are racing to develop versions that can be mass produced…JH reporting.

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