EVs with 1500km of range powered by futuristic solid-state batteries could land in Australia in the near future as Chinese car brand Chery continues to develop the tech before BYD, Toyota and BMW can

Chinese behemoth Chery is at the forefront of futuristic, game-changing solid state batteries, and Australia could be inline to get the tech sooner rather than later.

When asked whether solid state batteries would come to Australia, the answer was simple.

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Chery Australia Chief Operating Officer Lucas Harris backed this up by stating, “Chery is the brand where you never say never.”

Matkin said Chery covers all bandwidth with all the possible options, but the demand has to be there. Time will tell if Australia has that demand.

Chery has claimed it will fit the futuristic cells — which are more energy dense and less prone to fire than conventional batteries — to some of its Exeed vehicles in China.

Exeed is Chery’s tech and luxury focused sub-brand, which, if Harris gets his way, will land in Australia in the future.

“I really like the Exeed product, and I think they make some, you know, really cool, really high end, actual luxury specification vehicles. If I could make a wish tomorrow and it would come true, that would probably be what I would ask for.”

The first Exeed vehicle to score the new battery is the Liefend shooting brake, which is claimed to have an electric driving range of up to 1500km.

This is due to the energy dense solid state batteries, which are claimed to store 600Wh per kg. That is about triple what an average electric vehicle can store now in its battery.

The Exeed ES8 shooting brake is also in line for solid state power, with it claimed to have a driving range of more than 1000km.

A timeline on when that technology could reach Australia in a Chery vehicle, or one of its sub brands, is hard to tell.

Matkin said the technology is moving so fast and the Exeed brand is selling extremely well in China and other markets, which could push back the timeline, but he was confident it would come.

“The technology will definitely pick up. They're already working on the solid state. So technology will come,” he said.