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Re:Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up ... by Animats on Monday January 05, 2026 @06:27PM (#46506657)
Agreed. But you can supposedly book a test ride on a Verge motorcycle with this battery.[1] Verge has three stores in California, two of which are in Silicon Valley.

Base price $35,000 with the good battery.

Solid state batteries have been working for a while now, but they're still far too expensive. Mercedes has one demo car. Ducati has one demo motorcycle. Maybe they just decided to accept the high cost and sell a high-end product.

[1] https://www.vergemotorcycles.com/

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Re:Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up ... by tyleo on Monday January 05, 2026 @07:31PM (#46507218)
Yeah, I’m wondering if it could be a Tesla strategy of starting with the something imperfect but niche.

If the product is on the market and you can buy one and walk out the door, I feel like claims can easily be validated or invalidated with a tear down.

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Re:Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up ... by nine_k on Monday January 05, 2026 @07:46PM (#46507330)
Not even a teardown. Just a few charge + discharge cycles, measuring the energy.
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Re:Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up ... by Fred27 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @04:54AM (#46510509)
I'm not sure the test rides are for the version of the bike with this battery. The bike already exists with a more conventional battery pack.

I've had a brief test ride on a pre-production version of the Verge TS. All seemed OK but I thought the handling seemed weird - maybe due to the rear tyre size and geometry.

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