Overview
- Donut Lab promotes a solid‑state battery that it says can fully charge in about five minutes and survive up to 100,000 cycles.
- Reports cite Finland’s VTT as finding an 80% charge at roughly a 5C rate in about 9.5 minutes, with no published results on degradation or repeat runs.
- The company withholds cell chemistry and full life‑cycle curves and instead posts weekly teaser results under a self‑mocking “I Donut believe” campaign.
- Verge Motorcycles is taking orders for bikes advertised for Q4 2026 delivery with 20.2 kWh and 33.3 kWh packs whose electrochemistry is not disclosed.
- Journalists note Donut Lab’s stated factory goals of 10 GWh next year and 100 GWh later and warn that delays or scaled‑back specs are likely without complete, reproducible data.