Donut Lab, a Finnish startup presented at CES 2026 the first All-Solid-State Battery for Electric Vehicles. If everything goes well, this might be a real breakthrough in electric vehicle industry.
They presented the new technology at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They are working with Verge Motorcycles. The first model with the All-Solid-State battery will be on the roads in first quarter of 2026.
There are many companies that talk about launching the future of batteries for electric cars, but Donut Lab not only announced their new battery, they launched an electric motorcycle that will run on their batteries. So, in the near future, the world will see if what they claim is true.
This could reshape the future of electric vehicles. They claim that the battery can be charged from 0 to 100% in just five minutes, completely eliminating the range anxiety that it is currently present in the minds of potential buyers of electric cars.
This is also very good news for European Car producers. While it seemed that they were overwhelmed by USA and China electric car manufacturers, combined with their reluctance to adopt battery electric vehicles faster, this new discovery will put Europe back on the map of the electric car industry. We just hope they will embrace this and won’t find other ways to resist the wind of change.
What makes this different from the usual “vaporware” we see at CES is that you can actually buy it. They’ve integrated the battery into the 2026 Verge TS Pro electric motorcycle. The bike is hitting the streets in Q1, boasting a range of up to 600km (372 miles) on a single charge. It’s huge to see this tech in a consumer product immediately rather than just a sterile lab demo. It proves that the chemistry is stable enough for the road right now.
On top of the performance, the durability claims are borderline insane. Donut Lab says these batteries are rated for 100,000 charge cycles and can operate perfectly in temperatures ranging from -30°C to over 100°C. Coming from a Nordic team, the cold-weather performance makes sense, but that cycle life means the battery could theoretically last decades longer than the vehicle itself.
It looks like they aren’t stopping at bikes, either. They showcased a skateboard chassis for cars with WATT Electric Vehicles and announced partnerships for heavy-duty drones and freight trailers. It’s rare to see a startup come out swinging this hard with a finished product, but if Donut Lab delivers, the EV revolution just got a massive adrenaline shot. I’ll be watching the first reviews of that Verge bike very closely.