E-motorcycle, world's first production vehicle with an all-solid-state battery, passes Tesla's super-fast charging test
Published on Apr 03, 2026 at 7:58 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Apr 03, 2026 at 7:58 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Alessandro Renesis
This company just unveiled a production e-motorcycle with a solid-state battery that could change the EV game.
The company has been working on solid-state battery tech for a while, and the numbers look pretty good.
Even so, everyone was worried about the ‘Tesla test’.
And apparently that went well, too.
This e-motorcycle could change the EV game
A company called Donut Lab developed a battery pack that will be used on an e-motorcycle built by Verge Motorcycle.
This pack is capable of maintaining a steady 100kW of charging power and utilizes cells with an impressive energy density of 400-Wh/kg.
The proposed range would be 370 miles, which is a lot.
And, more importantly, it could survive up to 100,000 charging cycles.
Lab-tested, the battery took five minutes to charge.
In the real world, it took the company 12 minutes, which was still pretty good.
It also managed to outpace most superchargers and fix a charging curve problem we’ve had for years.
Most EVs, including Teslas, can charge very quickly from 10 percent to 50 percent, but they ‘taper’ a lot and it then takes forever to charge to 80 percent, and then even longer to 100 percent.
In recent tests, Donut Lab claimed they reached 80 percent charge in less than five minutes, and then a full charge in seven.
For comparison, even a Tesla V3 Supercharger typically takes 15–25 minutes to hit 80 percent.
We asked an expert what solid-state batteries mean for the industry
We asked Simone Bianconi, a mechanical engineer from Italy, what solid-state batteries could mean for the industry.
And his answer was confirmed what some people were hoping to hear.
“Energy density of batteries and charging speed are two things we need to focus on. The next leap forward. And solid-state batteries could help with that,” he said.
“It’s very important to reach parity between charging times and refueling times. The only alternative is to increase range.”
“It’d be difficult to do that with bigger batteries, because batteries are already too big and too heavy.
So the best way to do that is more energy density. Same battery weight and size, more range. This is definitely the next thing to look forward to,” he concluded.
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After beginning his automotive writing career at DriveTribe, Alessandro has been with Supercar Blondie since the launch of the website in 2022. In fact, he penned the very first article published on supercarblondie.com. He’s covered subjects from cars to aircraft, watches, and luxury yachts - and even crypto. He can largely be found heading up the site’s new-supercar and SBX coverage and being the first to bring our readers the news that they’re hungry for.
