{"post":{"id":234,"title":"Solid-state batteries are all over the news — should I hold off buying an EV?","body":"My lease is up in December and I was planning to buy an EV — probably a Model Y or an Ioniq 5. But every week there's another headline about solid-state batteries: Toyota saying they're close, another startup claiming 500+ mile range. My worry is I buy now and in two years my car is obsolete with a battery that charges in half the time.\n\nReal talk: how far away is actual mass production of solid-state EV batteries, and does it make sense to wait? Anyone here work in the space?","community":"Cars","score":0,"answer_count":0,"standing":{"kind":"none","answer_votes":0,"leading":null,"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-18T13:11:42.704Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/234","thumbnail":null},"comments":[],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}