Toyota has announced a breakthrough in solid-state battery setting it on track to commercialize solid-state batteries and use them within its vehicles for 2027 in partnership with Panasonic, 1-2 years slower than its main Chinese competitors and on track with its Japanese counterparts. The announcement of solid-state batteries for 2027 delays an earlier target set in 2017, claiming commercialization for 2025, which was reiterated in 2021. The company claims its solid-state battery will enable a range of 1,200 km (745 mile) on a single charge through the use of lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cathode materials, with charge rates approaching 10%-80% in 10 minutes. Toyota remains incredibly bipolar in its decision-making when it comes to new mobility technologies, while this may seem like…