This is a very outdated information. Mass production batch (Evergreen) can charge fine. Battery life is currently 13 hours (without suspend): https://puri.sm/posts/charging-the-librem-5/. See also: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque....
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librem_5