Donut Lab's 'solid-state' battery exposed as regular li-ion in investigation
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54 points
9 comments
June 08, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
fgclue
Well that sucks.
nom
no no, you see, that's exactly how our super secret chemistry solid state battery would measure! look at it, the curves aren't even similar, very different kink due to secret anode material that's definitely not graphite it's real guys I swear
InTheArena
Ignore eletrek's self-serving post, go watch the youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5oyVNjrUPI
skullone
The early videos of their lab results looked a big enough scam that I couldn't believe people were buying the hype.
ChiperSoft
Did they think nobody would notice? At some point somebody was bound to rip on open, or at least stick it in a CT scanner