#SolidStateBatteries

Nearly every major automaker has declared the future is electric. If so, the next leap forward will be solid-state batteries, which outdo lithium-ion units.

BMW has entered a partnership with solid state battery start-up Solid Power to further advance the development of its EVs.

Even though Toyota is working with Mazda and Denso on electric vehicles, the automaker will keep its battery development in-house.

Volkswagen might be doing electric car owners a solid in the near future that could see the range of their cars tripled.

The batteries in electric vehicles are one of the biggest reason for range anxiety, but new technology from Toyota could put those fears out of mind, providing three, four or even five times more power than current lithium ion batteries.