{"id":9470,"date":"2026-06-09T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9470"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:01:02","slug":"donut-labs-solid-state-battery-claim-debunked-by-ziroth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9470","title":{"rendered":"Donut Lab\u2019s solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Thomas Ricker<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 9, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"The devil\u2019s in the details. | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Donut Labs\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Donut Labs\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/268445_The__Holy_Grail__of_batteries_could_revolutionize_transportation_if_theyre_real_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe devil\u2019s in the details. | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Donut Labs\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Donut Lab&#8217;s solid-state battery claims have been thoroughly debunked by Ryan Inis Hughes on his popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ZirothTech\">Ziroth YouTube channel<\/a>. According to Hughes, Donut Lab has engaged in deliberate, calculated deception by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/858514\/is-this-the-worlds-first-solid-state-battery\">claiming to have a solid-state battery ready for mass production<\/a>. In reality, it&#8217;s nothing more than a standard lithium-ion design. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Hughes&#8217; investigation got an assist from <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2026\/04\/17\/donut-labs-miracle-solid-state-battery-is-fraud-says-insider-donut-lab-denies\/\">whistleblower Lauri Peltola<\/a>, the former chief commercial officer (CCO) of Nordic Nano Group &#8211; the company supposedly partnered with Donut Lab to manufacture the batteries. Hughes says he also turned to &#8220;over 20 independent battery experts,&#8221; including Julian Zahnow \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/946608\/donut-labs-debunk-solid-state-battery\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/946608\/donut-labs-debunk-solid-state-battery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Ricker &bull; June 9, 2026 The devil\u2019s in the details. | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Donut Labs Donut Lab&#8217;s solid-state battery claims have been thoroughly debunked by Ryan Inis Hughes on his popular Ziroth YouTube channel. According to Hughes, Donut Lab has engaged in deliberate, calculated deception by claiming to have a<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9470\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}