Donut Lab solid-state battery charges motorcycle to 70% in 9 minutes

Donut Lab has demonstrated its solid-state battery technology's ultra-fast charging capabilities in a real-world electric motorcycle application, partnering with Verge Motorcycles. Unlike prior tests focusing on individual cells, this experiment evaluated a full 18 kWh air-cooled battery pack integrated into a Verge TS Pro motorcycle. This marks the first public demonstration of Donut Lab’s solid-state batteries operating at pack level inside a working vehicle, highlighting the technology’s high energy density and flexible design that allows different energy capacities within the same physical pack size—an important advantage for space-constrained applications like motorcycles. The charging test, conducted using a public high-power charger at around 20°C, achieved a peak charging power above 100 kW (5C rate). The battery charged from 10% to 50% in about five minutes, reached 70% in just over nine minutes, and 80% in roughly 12 minutes—approximately three times faster than Verge’s previous battery system. Verge Motorcycles CEO Tuomo