{"id":1736,"date":"2026-06-09T09:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:36:01","slug":"donut-labs-debunk-solid-state-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1736","title":{"rendered":"Donut Lab\u2019s solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Hughes\u2019 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 \u2014 the company supposedly partnered with Donut Lab to manufacture the batteries. Hughes says he also turned to \u201cover 20 independent battery experts,\u201d including Julian Zahnow from the Fraunhofer Research Institute, who analyzed the specific voltage curves, cell expansion data, and electrochemical signatures to demonstrate that the \u201cmiracle solid-state\u201d battery behaved exactly like a standard lithium-ion (NMC) battery cell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It seems clear that Donut Lab\u2019s CEO Marko Lehtim\u00e4ki engaged in \u201cauthority laundering\u201d by paying Finland\u2019s highly reputable VTT Technical Research Centre to run certain tests \u2014 and only those tests \u2014 to create the illusion of legitimacy. As <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2026\/06\/08\/donut-lab-solid-state-battery-exposed-lithium-ion-fraud\/\"><em>Electrek<\/em> notes<\/a>, VTT never directly addressed the two claims that mattered: the 400Wh\/kg energy density and the 100,000-cycle life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Hughes also digs into the convoluted network of shell companies that Lehtim\u00e4ki uses to obscure Donut Lab\u2019s inner workings and the origins of its technology, and breaks down Lehtim\u00e4ki\u2019s financial dealings and fundraising techniques that could constitute fraudulent misconduct. The intriguing and deeply researched 45-minute video is worth a complete watch. And, as always, be sure to like and subscribe \u2014 Hughes is legit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">What happens next for Lehtim\u00e4ki, Donut Lab, and its vulnerable retail investors is unclear. But one maxim remains unbeaten: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/946608\/donut-labs-debunk-solid-state-battery\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hughes\u2019 investigation got an assist from whistleblower Lauri Peltola, the former Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Nordic Nano Group \u2014 the company supposedly partnered with Donut Lab to manufacture the batteries. Hughes says he also turned to \u201cover 20 independent battery experts,\u201d including Julian Zahnow from the Fraunhofer Research Institute, who analyzed the specific voltage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[176,46,169,47],"class_list":["post-1736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-energy","tag-news","tag-science","tag-transportation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donut Lab\u2019s solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ryan Inis Hughes says Donut Lab has engaged in deliberate, calculated deception by claiming to have a solid-state battery ready for mass production.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1736\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Donut Lab\u2019s solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth - 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