Finally a solid-state battery production ready

You might need to read this with a few grains of salt, but it does seem to be more than just hype...

The Electric Viking posted about this today in his YouTube channel, so I went off looking for the original information. It is this YouTube announcement from Donut Lab:

"World's First All-Solid-State Battery in Production Vehicles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aPS2AwMbc

Just when I was anticipating the availability of electric vehicles with sodium-ion batteries from China, now we have this!

The claim is that Verge motorcycles will have these batteries very soon, early in 2026, that seems to make it not hype. When we see these motorcycles on the road, then we will know for sure it is real.

I did a bit of further digging and found that Donut Lab is a Finnish company. Very good, I'm actually pleased that it is Northern European based. Partly I'm pleased because Finland has strong technological cooperation with China, and has not been bullied into sanctions (well, I think that is the current situation), which will greatly aid manufacturing. OK, I'm making a political statement, so backing off, sticking to the technology...

400Wh/kg, 100,000 cycles, cheaper than Lithium-ion, works from -30 to +100 degrees Celsius, that is incredible. I'm finding it difficult to believe this isn't hype. Anyway, we shall see.

EDIT 2026-01-07:
Very interesting, these Verge motorcycles with the Donut solid state battery are on display at CES 2026 exhibition at Las Vegas right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmsxYznW9Fs

I'm still wondering if it is a con job, like they suddenly say they have discovered some problem with the battery and need more time to fix it. Age has turned me into a cynic, well, somewhat, let's just say very cautious. But, apparently, these bikes are actually starting production and can be ordered. I'm waiting on reports from people actually riding them!      

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