MG Motor Ready To Launch Electric Car With Solid-State Battery In 2025, So First In The World?

MG ZS EV which is currently equipped with lithium-ion batteries which have a battery distance of 440 km. (Doc. MG Motor UK)

JAKARTA - Over the past year, major automotive manufacturers from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Hyundai-Kia, Nissan, and Toyota, admitted that they were developing solid-state batteries and claimed that electric cars with these batteries would have a range of more than 1000 km.

Not only Japanese, South Korean to Western manufacturers, several Chinese companies that are also pioneered in the development of electric car batteries have also been racing against time to be the first to launch batteries that are believed to change the future map of electric vehicles. Unfortunately, until now no manufacturer has succeeded in producing commercially available all-solid state units.

The latest news came from MG, an British automotive brand now under SAIC Motor, which announced that it would launch an electric car with a solid-state battery in the first half of 2025. This was revealed by Yu Jingmin, deputy general head of SAIC Passenger Vehicle, in a media interview as reported by Carnewschina, quoted September 5.

If that's true, then MG could be the first to launch it because a number of other manufacturers plan to launch electric cars with this battery in 2027 and above.

Solid-state batteries are the latest technologies that are claimed to have a number of advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries. One of the main differences lies in the electrolyte. If on a lithium-ion battery the electrolyte is liquid, in a solid-state battery the electrolyte is in the form of a solid substance. This allows solid-state batteries to have a smaller size and a lighter weight, thereby increasing energy density.

In addition, solid-state batteries are also claimed to have a longer life, can be used in a wider temperature range, and safer because they are not flammable or leaking. However, the mass production of solid-state batteries still faces technical and economical challenges.

With the first launch of a solid-state battery-based electric car, MG hopes to become a leader in the electric vehicle market in the future.