First Production All-Solid-State Battery Is Here

[Anonymous]

The world’s first commercially available, production-ready all-solid-state battery is here, and it promises to revolutionize the electric vehicle world, from cars and motorcycles to big rigs and construction equipment. At least that’s what Donut Lab, the company that makes the battery, claims.

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So, what makes this battery special? Well, pretty much everything. It’s lighter, more energy-dense, safer, faster-charging, more resilient and–most importantly–promises more range than conventional lithium-ion batteries with liquid-based electrolytes.

According to Donut Lab, its production-ready all-solid-state battery has an energy density of 400 watt-hours/kilogram and can be fully charged in as little as five minutes for as many as 100,000 cycles, without having to limit charging to 80%. By comparison, some of the top-tier traditional Li-ion batteries available today have an energy density of around 250-300 Wh/kg and can last for up to 5,000 full cycles, while limiting the maximum state of charge to 80%.

What’s more, extreme temperatures have little to no effect on Donut’s solid-state battery, with the startup claiming its product retained over 99% of its capacity at temperatures as low as -22°F (-30°C) and as high as 212°F (100°C).
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In the real world, we have Verge’s TS Pro motorcycle as a reference for what solid-state batteries can offer. The previous model year was available with a conventional lithium-ion battery that enabled a city driving range of 217 miles, while the charging time was touted as less than 35 minutes. The new model, which is powered by Donut’s solid-state battery, is also capable of 217 miles in standard guise, but a Large Battery option, which fits in the same cradle, can increase the range to 370 miles. But the charging time has been dramatically reduced to less than 10 minutes, with Verge saying that it has deliberately designed the new bike to take longer to charge, so that riders can enjoy a coffee while waiting.

https://insideevs.com/news/783380/first-production-ready-all-solid-state-battery-official-specs/

Interesting though a few Chinese companies are planning commercial production of solid state sodium batteries early this year. As a benchmark the current Tesla standard battery is 160-180 Wh/kg with their next-gen 4680s potentially reaching 272 Wh/kg. Lithium EV batteries were about $139 per kilogram in 2025 but dropping to $100 by year end. Goldman Sachs predicts the cost could drop to $80/kWh by the end of the year.

The Chinese companies are talking about a $40-$50 per kilogram with twice the kWh per kilogram for the solids state batteries. Donut Labs does not talk about price in their release. So it is most likely expensive.

This would be big for the scoters and motorcyclists in other countries. You can disconnect the battery and charge it.

[Anonymous]

Configuring the motorcycle, the large battery is a $5,000 option. So, yes, these will be expensive. At least to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Configuring the motorcycle, the large battery is a $5,000 option. So, yes, these will be expensive. At least to begin with.

I think they made the announcement to get ahead of the 6-10 Chinese companies moving to production this year. They are talking about sodium solid state batteries in the range of $20 per kilogram. That would be a 1/5 the current cost at 2 x the energy density.

You could put a battery 1/2 the current size in an EV and get the same range. Though if the weight of the battery stayed the same you would cut the weight of the battery by 1/2 and increase your range. In a EV the battery makes up 20-30% of the weight of the car. Now add in the reduced cost- 20-40% of the cost of the EV is the battery.

You are talking about an average EV costing in the 20k range vs gas cars average at 50k.