Donut Labs and Verge Motorcycles In Depth Interview – Solid State and More! (CES 2026)
Join Miss GoElectric at the Consumer Electronics Show 2026 as she spends more than 30 minutes interviewing Tuomo Lehtimäki who is the co-founder of Donut Lab and the CEO of Verge Motorcycles. As an avid electric motorcyclist, she was very interested to learn more about their 300 mile version and the astounding solid state battery they’ve announced which makes such range possible.
If you are curious or skeptical about the battery, you’ll love our DEEP dive investigating the legitimacy of Donut Lab’s amazing solid state battery claims. We really went down the rabbit hole. We found a billionaire, some incredible intellectual property, and even a possible chemistry and manufacturing method
See Miss GoElectric’s 2023 CES Interview with Tuomo and the Verge prototype here:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:59 SSB Format
03:32 Energy Density
04:16 Material Abundance
04:46 Supercapacitor Probing Question
05:43 Cost at Low Volume
06:49 Cycle Lifespan
07:45 Toxicity
08:17 Chinese Fireproof Battery Mandate
09:07 Manufacturing Location
10:01 Manufacturing Location Round 2
10:43 Cell Plant Capacity
11:09 Availability Timeline
11:48 Initial Batch Country and Quantity
12:18 Production Turnover
13:09 Verge Motorcycle Scalability
13:41 Alan Foster Factory
14:08 Verge Factory Automation
15:24 Patents and Whitepaper
16:39 Verge TS Motorcycle 2nd Gen
18:10 Donut Motor 2
19:29 Verge Adventure Bike Coming?
21:58 Longbow Roadster
22:41 Donut Motor Variety
25:50 Heavy Truck Axle
28:00 Watt Platform
30:10 MGE Test Solid State Moto in 2026
