Exposing The Solid State Donut Battery. It's Over.

I've spent time going through technical details of the Donut Lab battery before, which claimed to be the world's first solid-state production battery. However, this video looks at the bigger picture around the claims, including the strange methods used to raise money from investors. It's bad. Hi! I'm Ryan - I started this channel during my PhD to share my passion of electric power and propulsion. I follow the journey of engineers making our energy cheaper, more secure, and more sustainable. Subscribe if you want to follow along! (Apart from this video, where I am debunking instead!) Sources: This video drew on many primary sources and interviews, but here are some of the public information articles too. Lauri's Channel: @SolidStateofTruth Verge Audit Article: https://yle.fi/a/74-20205916 Leaked NDA: https://archive.is/zQNq6/image Donut Lab Test Data: https://idonutbelieve.com/ Leaked Emails: https://www.hs.fi/visio/art-2000011948614.html Sana Energy: https://web.archive.org/web/20250220232701/https://sana.com.es/ CT-Coating Company Timelines: https://old.reddit.com/r/DonutLab/comments/1qt1ll1/time_line_from_future_dynamics_to_donut_lab/ Ernst Patents: https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Hölzenbein+Ernst CT-Coating Battery Report: https://files.uploads-eu3.communiteq-cloud.com/uploads/db2934/original/3X/3/1/3185270dfde6d6d9fbe910dcb6033e29975723c8.pdf Verge Video to Reservation Holders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bstWW5uDClA Donut Lab Shareholder Register Article: https://www.hs.fi/visio/art-2000012036212.html Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:50 The Web of Companies 07:27 Origins of CT-Coatings 11:35 The Promised Battery 14:08 The Actual Battery 25:08 Bare Faced Lies 32:51 Financial Misconduct 42:42 What Next? Edited by the incredibly talented @aniokukade