Solid-State Battery Insights

Pack-Level Announcements

• 🔥 BASF Next-Gen Pack: BASF will showcase its next-generation solid-state battery pack model at CHINAPLAS 2026,...

BASF showcases next-generation solid-state battery pack at CHINAPLAS 2026, targeting EV innovations:

• Lightweighting materials for reduced weight
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• Charging hurdle: EVs need 20-45 min even on fastest chargers, a dealbreaker amid range anxiety.
• SSB advantages: Exponentially shorter charge...

Advanced layered electrolytes deliver liquid-like speed in solid-state batteries, replacing flammable liquids for safer, high-energy cells. Key bridge for fast-charging power in small hobby packs.

Donut Lab Pack-Level Charging Tests

• 🔥 5C Charging on Verge TS Pro: Donut Lab's 18 kWh air-cooled solid-state battery pack in the Verge TS Pro...

ION Storage Systems qualifies Cornerstone solid-state cells with a customer—production starts 2026 in expanding Maryland facility. Anodeless design...

Donut Lab's pack-level SSB validation in air-cooled Verge TS Pro:

• 5C ultra-fast charging: 10% to 70% in 9 min, 80% in 12 min at 103kW peak on 18kWh...

• Air-cooled breakthrough: 18 kWh pack sustains 100 kW (5C) for 5 min in motorcycle, hitting 50% from 10% in 5 min—no liquid cooling needed.
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Commercialization Timelines

• 🔥 CATL advances sulfide solid-state batteries toward 2027 pilot with 500 Wh/kg cells, supported by new patent and...

Europe's solid-state battery market is set for rapid expansion, projected to reach USD 624 million by 2032 as automakers invest in safer and high-energy batteries.

Semi-solid batteries achieve 1000km EV range – a range revolution via hybrid electrolytes.

High energy density lithium manganese cathodes power this...

• Optimistic frontrunner: Dreame Nebula Next 01X SUV poised as world's first buyable EV with solid-state battery.
• CATL momentum: Sulfide SSB...

Novel molten salt electroplating deposits Si film anodes with controlled crystallographic orientation, enhancing high-rate performance in all-solid-state batteries—key for superior acceleration and power in EUCs.

Key safety trend in solid-state batteries:

• Japan's AIST oxide SSB hits world-highest ion conductivity for safe, high-power output – works at...

Donut Lab Claims Face Intense Scrutiny

• Independent Fast-Charging Test Confirmed: Donut Lab's test by VTT showed a cell reaching 80% charge in...

Solid-state batteries could reshape the future of e-bikes, offering higher energy density, improved safety, and longer lifespans.

Donut Lab's SSB claims for Verge TS Pro e-motorcycle ignite debate on validation hurdles:

• Ultra-fast charging validated: VTT tests hit 80% in 4.6...

Solid-state batteries unlock physics advantages for exoskeletons and EUCs:

• Double energy density via lithium-metal anodes, enabling range/weight...

Donut Lab Self-Discharge Test Results

• 🔥 97.7% Charge Retention After 10 Days: Donut Lab's solid-state battery, tested by VTT Technical Research...

Credibility boost from VTT's self-discharge test: cell retained 98% energy after 240 hours idle – true battery behavior.

• MIT prof Sadoway confirms:...