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Here are a few links that all point to a Solid State Battery being the next generation for electric vehicles and that Toyota is intending to base their next generation EV on that technology.

Toyota teases solid state battery to be in production in early 2020(s):
Toyota Teases Battery Breakthrough; Elon Musk Doesn’t Believe It | News | Car and Driver | Car and Driver Blog

And, others are saying they will also have solid state battery technology in production within three years:

Bill Joy (venture capital):
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/story/bill-joy-finds-the-jesus-battery/amp

Dyson investing $1B in an EV solid state battery to be in production in 2020:...

Source: http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2017/10/06/gas-mileage-fuel-economy-window-stickers/730153001/


Source: EQUA Index - Independent real-world driving data

• 58.5 MPG - 2017 Prius Prime
• 54.6 MPG - 2014 Plug-in Prius
• 50.0 MPG - 2014 Prius
• 47.2 MPG - 2014 Prius c

They have more Prius model results using their "forecasted" versus the above "tested."

Bob Wilson

Audi, FCA, Honda, Nissan, and Volvo once you get past the headline.
The AAA had conducted a study on the workload the infotainment system put on the driver. Inputing destinations into a nav system was the biggest, taking an average 40 seconds to do. All 12 of the worse models in the list had Nav. Toyota likely avoided inclusion by simply locking the nav input up while the car was in motion.
Cars With the Most Dangerous Infotainment Systems Include Ford, GM - 24/7 Wall St.