Finnish company Donut Lab has debuted a new solid-state battery at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas claimed to deliver 595km of driving range with just 10 minutes of charging. Using a skateboard prototype at the show, Donut Lab announced that Verge Motorcycles will use its first production solid state batteries later in 2026.

Solid-state batteries are not new to the automotive world, with major brands like Toyota and Mercedes-Benz developing them for production models. None have reached production just yet, making Donut Lab’s announcement a first for the industry.

To be offered in again-Finnish company Verge Motorcycles’ products later in 2026, the Donut Lab ‘Donut Battery’ promise to be able to add 60km of range per minute of charging, and 595km of total range. They will offer DC fast charging at up to 200kW, while the battery’s claimed 400Wh/kg density is more than twice that of something like a Tesla Model 3, which offers up to 750km of range.

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According to Donut Lab’s website, its solid-state battery has been “designed with safety as the main priority with no flammable liquid electrolytes, no thermal runaway chains and no metallic dendrites that can cause internal shorts.”

It’s reportedly been tested in conditions ranging from -30ºC to 100ºC, with only 1 per cent range reduction in both of those extremes. It’s also been designed for 100,000 charging cycles, which is far more than the usual 1000-5000 cycles of lithium-ion batteries.

According to Donut Lab, it has a lower material cost than lithium-ion so that it’s cheaper to manufacturer, it uses 100 per cent green and abundant materials with global availability and no reliance on rare or geopolitically sensitive resources and has been designed to “scale globally without
supply chain bottlenecks, cost volatility, or
geopolitical dependency.”

The first Verge Motorcycles products with the solid-state battery will go on sale in the coming months, with pricing starting at £31,980 in the UK. Other companies using the Donut Battery are yet to be announced, but it’s claimed that the company has over 200 partnerships with OEMs.