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CES 2026:

The First Solid-State Vehicle May Be a Motorcycle

Verge Motorcycles and Donut Lab say

they’ll beat BYD to market.

Lawrence Ulrich

09 Jan 2026

5 min read

Lawrence Ulrich is an award-winning auto writer and former chief auto critic at The New York Times and The Detroit Free Press.

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The solid-state battery pack of the Verge Motorcycles TS Pro stores either 20.2 or 33.3 kilowatt hours, depending on the model.

 Donut Lab

Link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ces-2026-solid-state-batteries?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=hero&utm_campaign=hero-2026-01-12&utm_content=hero6

In a global race to get solid-state batteries on the road, few would bet on two tiny companies in Estonia, known for their innovative hubless, in-wheel electric motors and motorcycles. Yet these upstarts have apparently done what Tesla, BYD and other EV-and-battery titans have been unable to do.

To be fair, building a relative handful of batteries for a low-volume motorcycle is a whole different ballgame from, say, Toyota having to validate and stand behind thousands or millions of car batteries under warranty. Nevertheless, Verge Motorcycles and its tech spin-off, Donut Lab, are claiming a checkered flag at CES 2026 in Las Vegas: The Verge TS Pro motorcycle will begin shipping with Donut Lab’s solid-state batteries in the first quarter of this year, founders of the two companies told IEEE Spectrum. All other Verge bikes will follow with their own solid-state packs, to be built in Finland, just across the Gulf of Finland from Estonia.

Short riding range and frequent, lengthy . . . (continued) 

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