The hype around the EV industry is "increased range & a faster charge time". Cost, safety, weight and all the other challenges that car manufactures face, all became of a lessor focus after the EV market gained sufficient traction in the areas of the world that has accommodated EV-vehicles, but the single biggest technology "push" stayed with the engineering teams to find better ratios between the range and the charge time in relation to cost of delivery.
The following two videos will give you a thorough understanding why there is so much hype around the change to solid state away from lithium-iron batteries, and the increased move towards hydrogen and solid state batteries.