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Delivery timeline for Verge motorcycles delayed – CEO comments
Verge’s new motorcycles equipped with Donut Lab batteries were promised to enter production at the end of March. Now, however, the company’s website states that customer deliveries will not take place until the end of the year. We asked Verge’s CEO whether production of the bikes is already delayed.
Verge Motorcycles’ electric motorcycles have attracted an unusually high level of attention since Donut Lab announced its solid-state battery technology. These electric motorcycles are said to be the first vehicles in which the breakthrough batteries are intended to be used.
Initially, deliveries of the Donut Lab–battery-equipped bikes were announced to begin at the end of the first quarter of 2026. Now, if one visits Verge’s official website, the stated timing for customer deliveries is Q4/26, meaning the final quarter of the current year. Even earlier, the site still listed Q1/26.
So is the mysterious Donut Lab’s smoke screen beginning to clear, and are the first promises already falling short?
“Orders extend well into 2027”
We called Verge Motorcycles CEO Tuomo Lehtimäki to ask about the start of production. Lehtimäki immediately gives a clear answer regarding the information shown on the website:
“Orders currently extend well into 2027. In some countries the delivery time is shorter, such as in Finland and Estonia. In those countries, deliveries may still take place by the end of 2026.”
Lehtimäki refuses to comment on the exact number of orders received, but he does confirm that motorcycle production volumes are quite limited.
“Our production this year, at the current scale, is 350 bikes.”
The production volumes announced by Verge are not particularly large by any measure, and scaling up even to that level may pose challenges. Lehtimäki has previously told Kauppalehti that just over 100 of Verge’s earlier bikes have been manufactured.
When asked whether the timeline for the first customer deliveries in the spring still holds, the answer is, for now, yes.
“In the spring we will be able to deliver bikes,” Lehtimäki states plainly. “Most likely the first customer deliveries will take place in April. There are production-related matters involved, such as getting subcontractors on board. Starting up production. A lot depends on parts and on officials.”
Type approval still pending
In order to sell electric motorcycles to customers, European type approval is required. Lehtimäki says that the type approval process is underway for both the EU and U.S. markets. He declines to say in which EU country the type approval process is currently taking place.
“We are operating in Europe,” Lehtimäki comments.
According to Lehtimäki, customer deliveries will only begin once type approval has been completed.
“Customer deliveries will start after the end of March for a selected group. It is not yet certain whether the first deliveries will go to Europe or to America. The timing of the start of production depends on parts and on officials,” Lehtimäki says.
Verge plans to provide the Donut Lab battery–equipped electric motorcycles to the press for test rides as early as spring, once the first bikes are ready.
“We will publish additional material fairly precisely at the end of March. Test rides are planned to be held in Southern Europe. Test rides in the north will take place in May, if the weather is good,” Lehtimäki comments on the testing schedule.
“The schedule is not down to the exact day”
Unprompted, Lehtimäki also comments on the media attention received by Verge and Donut Lab. According to him, criticism from Finnish media does not affect the company’s operations.
“We are transforming mobility worldwide, so the schedule is not down to the exact day. What the Finnish media says does not affect what we do at all.”
According to Lehtimäki, attitudes toward Donut Lab and Verge are more positive internationally than in Finland.
“When viewed on a larger scale, there is a tremendously expectant atmosphere,” Lehtimäki concludes.
by mqee
