Electrive writes that, while the first solid fuel cells might appear sometime next year, they won't be commercially available until a later date. No information regarding the initial production capacity has been made public by Nissan officials, but the company said that it aims to achieve a 100 megawatt-hours production per year sometime after 2028.

At the same time, the production of solid-state batteries is expected to begin in 2029 at Nissan's facilities.

Regarding solid state batteries, Nissan said that these "have the potential for approximately twice the energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries, significantly shorter charging times due to superior charging and discharging performance and lower costs due to less expensive materials."

The Yokohama facility, initially announced in 2022, was scheduled to become operational in 2024 and to start series production in 2028, but now, these dates could be pushed by an additional year.

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