Dodge Could Start Testing Solid-State Batteries in the Charger EV As Soon As 2026

by Chris Teague

Published: October 24th, 2024

dodge could start testing solid state batteries in the charger ev as soon as 2026

The Dodge Charger EV promises strong performance numbers, and it’s one of the only electric models on sale with a shouty fake exhaust system. It might also become one of the earlier vehicles available with a solid-state battery system, as Dodge's parent company, Stellantis, recently said it could begin testing solid-state battery-equipped Charger EVs on public roads as soon as 2026.

The batteries will come from Massachusetts company Factorial, which has been working on the technology for much of the last ten years. Mercedes-Benz is also working with Factorial and reported that it expects to have the batteries in production by 2030.

Solid-state batteries have a much higher energy density than today’s lithium-ion batteries, and the lack of a liquid electrolyte makes them lighter and safer than traditional components. They’re also lighter than other battery types, which will improve performance and range for EVs equipped with them.

Solid-state batteries have been around for a while, but scaling production to the level required to support a mass-market EV is difficult and expensive, which is why we don’t see vehicles carrying them on the streets today. We’ve heard solid-state promises before, and changes in EV demand have led to more cautious approaches by automakers, making the actual timing of the batteries’ market release anyone’s guess.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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Lorenzo on Oct 26, 2024
With a CEO on the way out and ownership playing musical chairs with division chiefs, can Stellantis meet ANY deadline?

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Frank on Oct 26, 2024
There’s a continuance of polluting the natural environment with a business as usual attitude. Societally, we still discharge out of elevated exhaust pipes, smoke stacks and, quite consequentially, from sky-high jet engines like it’s all absorbed into the natural environment without repercussion. Out of sight, out of mind..Here in the West, many drivers of superfluously huge and over-powered thus gas-guzzling vehicles seem to consider it a basic human right, perhaps because it's an extension of their phallic ego. It may scare those drivers just to contemplate a world in which they can no longer readily fuel that extension, especially since much quieter electric cars are for them no substitute. .I’ll see parked vehicles idling for many minutes in moderate weather temperatures. There'll also be the odd choking-thick-exhaust-spewing vanity vehicle, a metallic beast with the signature gratuitously very large body and wheels that don’t at all appear intended for work or family transport. They look like they may get 30 gallons to the mile. And when parked roadside they hazardously block the view of low-car operators turning or crossing through stop-signed intersections..Inside each is the operator, typically staring down into their lap, probably their smartphones. They may be some of the people posting protestations onto various social-media platforms about a possible gas price increase, however comparatively small..Meanwhile, Canada’s carbon tax manages to induce shrill complaints here, especially by the corporate news-media — even though it’s more than recouped (except for high-income earners) via federal government rebate. The disturbing mass addiction to fossil fuel products by the larger public undoubtedly helps keep the average consumer quiet about the planet’s greatest polluter, lest the consumer be deemed hypocritical.

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- Zerofoo on Oct 28, 2024
  Ever buy anything made in China? Take a look at the emissions of an ocean-going container ship. Their emissions dwarf road car emissions. Do you fly anywhere? While you are at it, take a look at the emissions of the airline industry. Finally, do you use cloud computing services? Your are posting here, so I’m going to go ahead and assume you do. The data center industry emits as much as the entire air transportation industry. Eliminating all automotive emissions would not change much.
  
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