At the CES show earlier this year, Donut Battery all solid state batterySparking heated discussions in global technology circlesof Donut LabRecently, the company’s CEO and co-founder Marko Lehtimäki released the latest video on the official YouTube channel to officially respond to the outside world’s criticism of its Donut Battery. all solid state batteryVarious doubts about the technology, and announced that it will conduct independent third-party verification with Finland’s VTT Technology Research Center. This move marks that this energy technology dispute that has attracted global attention is about to enter a critical stage of scientific verification.
Is the all-solid-state battery Donut Battery a scam? CEO’s official response: VTT independent third-party verification will be accepted
Donut Lab’s technology trajectory is one of the most dramatic in the tech world in recent years. As early as 2024, the company encountered a similar storm of doubts for the release of the Donut Motor electric motor. At that time, representatives from major German manufacturers even publicly questioned that its technology “violated the laws of physics.” However, these doubts have not stopped the company from continuing to advance its energy technology blueprint.
According to the company’s CEO Marco, Donut Battery is positioned as “the world’s first mass-produced all-solid-state battery” and its technical specifications claim to be able to provide a revolutionary energy storage solution at a price comparable to current lithium-ion batteries. This announcement immediately caused an uproar in the energy industry, because all-solid-state batteries have long been regarded as the Holy Grail of next-generation battery technology, but have always faced huge challenges in mass production and cost control.
Question content: From “scam” to “violating the laws of physics”
However, this announcement was not unanimously recognized by the industry. Marco admitted that the Internet, media and experts have raised many doubts about this technology. The volume and scope of these doubts have led to Donut Battery being labeled a “scam,” a “marketing ploy,” and even “too good to be true.” He specifically mentioned that a year ago, when Donut Motor was released, it also encountered strong doubts from the industry, and even representatives from major German manufacturers pointed out that its technology violated the laws of physics. This situation of history repeating itself led Marco to choose to respond to this question in a more strategic way.
The scope of external doubts covers many levels: from suspicion that the building where the company is located is an “empty shell” to questioning the technical nature of the product as “not a battery but a supercapacitor.” Some media outlets actively seek endorsements from authoritative experts to strengthen the legitimacy of their doubts. The intensity and breadth of these doubts reflect the sensitivity of all-solid-state battery technology in the industry. This is an area that many battery industry giants have invested billions of dollars in R&D resources but have yet to break through.
Although many large battery manufacturers have publicly called Donut Battery a “scam,” founder Marco said that the investment departments of those companies have privately approached Donut Lab to express investment interest and cooperation (he did not specify which companies). Marco also officially announced that Donut Lab will cooperate with VTT Technical Research Center of Finland to conduct independent third-party testing and verification.
VTT is the largest technical research institution in Northern Europe and one of the most authoritative independent research units in Europe. In choosing VTT as a validation partner, Donut Lab clearly intends to establish the highest standards of scientific credibility. According to Marco’s explanation, the complete process of “independent measurement, verification, and reporting” with VTT will be conducted and made into a series of videos to be released to the world.
Finally, Marco also announced “I Donut Believe”A series of test videos will be released soon. The videos will detail every aspect of the VTT verification process and the reports will be made available on the dedicated website, idolutbelieve.com.
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summary
Donut Lab’s public relations approach this time should be considered a quite unique case in the industry. From the questions and discussions caused by Donut Motor in 2024 , to the actual launch of commercial products, to the all-solid-state battery that is so good that it looks like a scam, and to the upcoming third-party verification report video that triggered global media discussion. The entire incident shows that the company’s founder deliberately used these contradictions (or he deliberately created these illusions) to continue to attract the attention of the global technology community. It can be said that every action is a free promotion for the company’s solid-state battery.
Regardless of the final verification results, Donut Lab has successfully pushed the technical discussion of all-solid-state batteries to a new level. With the release of the VTT verification report, people will soon know whether Donut Battery is the world’s first startup to break through the Holy Grail of energy technology, or another liar who is just trying to make money.
Source: KOCPC Chinese