Posted on 01/14/2026 6:55:06 PM PST by marktwain
A revolutionary solid state battery was publicized globally in January of 2026, but not shown in person. If the announcement is true, the world will be dramatically changed.
We interviewed the co-founder of Donut Labs, which made the announcement: • Donut Labs and Verge Motorcycles In Depth ...
We dug up as much information as we could, including a few bit we haven't seen anywhere else. We found a billionaire and some intellectual property which could explain the amazing properties of this battery. Heck, we even take a guess at a specific battery chemistry and manufacturing method which might fit into all of the requirements and recognizable circumstances.
We used SO MANY sources, that they wouldn't fit inside this video description. For that reason, we've made a shortcut to a massive PDF file with a rough version of the script featuring inline hyperlinks, a makeshift whitepaper and tons of other information about our speculated solid state battery design. Here is that PDF: ssb.missgoelecgtric.com
The conclusions are all iffy...but the sources should be helpful to those who are searching for more. Maybe we are all wrong and its some kind of supercapacitor which they've simply advertised wrongly. Maybe it is something different...or...worse yet...nothing at all.
Thanks for watching!
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it’ll be on the market right after those perpetual energy/motion machines
My money is on vaporware, constructed with unobtanium.
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I hope it is true. I doubt it greatly.
If I had a quarter for every new battery development about to revolutionize the world, I would be....well, not Elon, but I could afford a Tesla.
Here’s another quarter toward your new Tesla: I’ve read that one reason for the meteoric rise in the price of silver has to do with a new rechargeable battery developed by Samsung that uses a silver anode. The battery is designed for EVs and allegedly can provide a 600-mile range and takes only 9 minutes for a full recharge. We’ll see . . . as my mother used to say.
Comparable in size and weight to existing batteries
Will charge in 5 minutes
200-mile range with headlights/heater on
Made using easily obtainable materials (few or no rare earths)
Not temperature sensitive (won't die in the cold or catch fire)
costs $1000 or less to produce (battery only, not the whole car)
Reliable for 100K cycles
That's a lot to ask, but it truly would revolutionize the auto industry if it can do all this. We'll see.
I’m still putting a couple of bucks into cold fusion….
Only 200 miles? My Cybertruck can do 300 miles with heater and headlights on. Without heater on I can do 405 miles if 50/50 hwy/city. I get 360 miles on average long highway trips (not in winter where I get about 10-15% less).
Many of these promised breakthroughs sound great until it is revealed that much of the research is taking place at a government supported university, and they need more funding to make the technology economically viable in the next five years.
“costs $1000 or less to produce”
Nope, not if the info I found is correct. These new Samsung batteries will require up to a kilogram of silver per 100 kWh car battery. That is $2900 in silver, add in other materials and the manufacturing cost to put it together and you get big $$$. Maybe silver content goes down with further breakthroughs in development. Then again silver is going a lot higher than $90 an ounce if this technology takes off. Of course thieves are licking there chops at the thought. Ripping off catalytic converters will be for pikers.
costs $1000 or less to produce (battery only, not the whole car)
Where is the magical electricity going to come from to recharge these magical batteries?
That’s the real question that no one seems to be willing to answer.
Here's what the AI ghost says:
The Trump administration aims to have at least 10 large nuclear reactors under construction in the U.S. by 2030 as part of its plan to expand nuclear energy capacity. Additionally, there are efforts to deploy smaller modular reactors, with significant investments being made in their development.
Utility Dive IEEE
New Nuclear Plants Under the Trump Administration Planned Capacity and Projects
The Trump administration aims to significantly expand the U.S. nuclear power capacity. Key initiatives include:
Total New Capacity Goal: 300 gigawatts (GW) of net new nuclear capacity by 2050.
Large Reactors Under Construction: The goal is to have 10 large reactors under construction by 2030.
Specific Projects
Palisades Nuclear Plant Expansion: Holtec International plans to add two 300-megawatt reactors.
BWRX-300 Reactor: The Tennessee Valley Authority is set to build the first BWRX-300 reactor at its Clinch River site. Regulatory Changes
To facilitate this expansion, the administration has implemented executive orders aimed at streamlining the regulatory process for nuclear reactor licensing, which includes:
Expedited approval pathways for reactors tested by the Department of Energy (DOE) or Department of Defense (DoD). A commitment to have at least three nuclear test reactors operational by July 4, 2026.
These efforts represent the most active nuclear construction program in the U.S. since the 1970s, with significant investments and regulatory reforms aimed at revitalizing the nuclear industry.
Where is the magical electricity going to come from to recharge these magical batteries?
4-5 companies have over a billion dollars in private funding to build pilot commercial nuclear fusion plants by 2036. Some are pretty far along.
The Trump administration is accelerating the permiting process for mini-modular nuclear fission plants of about 10-50 megawatts. They seem further along than the fusion plants.
Meaning a very dubious report. Thus it is on vid with 0 substantiation.
Thus it is on vid with 0 substantiation.
The company has a fair amount to lose if this is a fraud.
We should know how true the claims are in a few months.
Twenty plus years ago when lithium ion tech was still at the UT lab in Austin luddites said there is no way you will ever get 150 watt hours per.kilogram that’s impossible it can’t work , it will never work it’s just vaporware. Then Dr Goodenough et al. Published their work and won the Nobel Prize for it in chemistry. Twenty years later it’s been commercialised to a level where it has fundamentally changed human existence. You simply cannot have handheld supercomputers that are also high definition cameras and a global down to the meter navigational devices with artificial intelligence you can speak to in normal English and have it do tasks and work for you. Lithium tech specifically it’s energy density well above 200wh/kg makes this possible. Same for tablets ,laptops, medical devicesx literal Dick Tracy and so much more “radio watches” my Apple.watch can communicate via geosynchronous satellites in TWO WAY data communication and voice comms to cellphone towers miles away. None of that is possible with the previous tech if nickel metal hydride or nickel cadmium. None of it period full stop.
Solid state has been proven to work in the lab it’s WHEN not IF it comes to the multiple trillion dollar energy storage market. Every device humans use in modern life has a energy storage system in it every single one and going from 200white/kg to 500+ is going to again fundamentally change the course of this planet.
Get on board or be left behind it is that simple and that clear. This is the 21st century it is not and will be nothing like the 20th that century and it’s ways are gone and the last hold outs will be dead soon.
The DOD already has aluminum graphene cells that exceed 500wh/kg they charge at 66C and can discharge just as fast. Drones, and energy weapons need both the fast charging and the massive power density vs energy.density know the difference. AlGr cells have both and that is why the military gets them first graphene is Gucci expensive for now.
I would bet good money one of the majors like CATL or BYD has a solid state cell in production by Q4 2026 if not Q1 2027 the tech is past the prototype level it’s in pre mass production level. Toyota also says they have a SS ready for 2027 take them at there word they are the largest automaker on earth and they being Japanese don’t do sh1t unless it’s proven tech.
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