Fast-charging EV battery from Toshiba promises up to 80% charge in just 6 minutes and claims a long-lasting lifecycle of over 20,000 cycles.
Toshiba Corporation is set to demonstrate its groundbreaking SCiB lithium-ion battery at the upcoming Asia Sustainable Energy Week 2025 (ASEW 2025) in Bangkok, Thailand. The event, running from July 2 to 4, will draw thousands of policymakers, financiers, and technology suppliers, underscoring Southeast Asia's race to decarbonise road traffic, shipping lanes, and power grids.
Toshiba's SCiB battery, featuring advanced lithium-titanium-oxide (LTO) anode chemistry, is engineered for high safety, rapid charging, and an exceptionally long lifespan. The battery can reach 80% charge capacity in just six minutes, enabling quick turnaround times especially suited for transit and logistics applications. Its lifecycle exceeds 20,000 charge-discharge cycles, significantly outlasting typical lithium-ion batteries and reducing replacement frequency.
The SCiB battery's reduced risk of fire or explosion compared with conventional graphite-anode batteries was highlighted. This is particularly important in the region's year-round heat, addressing fire-safety worries that have been a key hurdle for two-wheel EV adoption.
Toshiba will occupy Booth G51 at ASEW 2025, where delegates can examine live battery samples, interactive charge-rate displays, and technical panels detailing the LTO cell's safety record and life-cycle economics. The company will also showcase cells with varied physical sizes and energy ratings optimised for different applications, highlighting its commitment to clean energy innovation and the role of SCiB batteries in advancing sustainable mobility and infrastructure in Asia and beyond.
In addition to the ASEW 2025 demonstration, Toshiba and a local partner are running a Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) pilot for motorcycle-taxi drivers in Bangkok to test the battery's proposition. Toshiba's Energy Systems division has begun sharing superconducting know-how with Airbus UpNext to explore liquid-hydrogen-cooled electrical propulsion for future zero-emission aircraft, with aerospace applications of Toshiba's battery technology being explored, with commercial hydrogen flight by 2050 as a longer-term goal.
Toshiba's vice-president, Toshihiko Takaoka, stated that Toshiba is committed to driving the future of sustainable energy in Asia. The firm believes these attributes will support cleaner, more efficient operations as Asia's goods movement electrifies, with shorter layovers, faster acceleration, and lower capital and operating expenses for transit agencies being benefits of the electric city bus's battery pack. The firms argue that superconducting powertrains could slash weight and efficiency losses, complementing advances in electrochemical storage such as SCiB.
- Toshiba Corporation, through its SCiB battery technology, is attempting to address climate-change concerns by showcasing its innovative solution at Asia Sustainable Energy Week 2025 (ASEW 2025).
- The SCiB battery, equipped with lithium-titanium-oxide anode chemistry, offers advantages such as rapid charging, high safety, and a long lifespan, which are particularly valuable for the Southeast Asian industry trying to decarbonise transportation and power grids.
- Beyond the ASEW 2025 demonstration, Toshiba is collaborating with local partners to test its battery's potential in renewable-energy applications, like electric motorcycle-taxis in Bangkok.
- In the realm of environmental-science and technology, Toshiba's Energy Systems division is also sharing superconducting know-how with Airbus UpNext to explore zero-emission aircraft propulsion – an advancement that could revolutionize the aviation sector and contribute to data-and-cloud-computing-intensive sports-betting industries operated remotely and carbon-neutrally.
- As Toshiba moves forward in the race for clean energy, its vice-president, Toshihiko Takaoka, remains optimistic that the company's SCiB technology will bring significant financial benefits to the industry, with electric city buses offering lower capital and operating expenses, contributing to a more sustainable future in Asia.
