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The battery miracle online is doing the most

Dear Cherubs, the internet has once again discovered a battery so perfect it sounds like it came from a pitch deck written by a caffeinated intern and approved by gravity itself. The specific 90-second charge, 99.7% storage retention, and 5,000-cycle package circulating online was not verifiable from primary sources I checked, so the smart move is to treat it as a viral claim, not a finished breakthrough.

Reality check

What is real is the bigger trend: solid-state batteries replace the flammable liquid electrolyte used in conventional lithium-ion cells with a solid ion conductor, which can improve safety and potentially raise energy density. MIT has been making that case for years, while also pointing out that the interface between materials is still the part where the dream gets stuck in traffic.

That interface problem is not a footnote. MIT’s recent coverage says solid-state cells are still plagued by dendrites that can short-circuit the battery, and a 2020 MIT review lays out the rest of the mess: chemical stability, mechanical stability, processing, and long-term performance. In other words, the field is advancing, just not in the magical “plug in for 90 seconds and disappear for six months” way social media likes to sell it.

DOE’s battery overview says solid-state batteries can be safer because they are less prone to leakage from damage or swelling in hot temperatures, but it also notes that some designs still use a little liquid at the cathode to reduce interfacial resistance. Translation: progress, yes. Fairy dust, no.

Why it matters

The good news is that the field is moving. In 2025, Stellantis and Factorial Energy said they validated automotive-sized solid-state cells with 375 Wh/kg energy density and fast charging from 15% to 90% in 18 minutes, with a demonstration fleet planned for 2026. That is not “two-minute EV charging,” but it is a serious step forward, which is how real engineering usually behaves when nobody is trying to go viral.

So the right takeaway is not that battery problems have been solved. It is that researchers keep making the hard part less impossible. If the viral post was pointing at a real advance, it was probably one brick in a wall, not the wall itself. The upside is still huge: safer packs, longer life, and faster charging. The downside is that physics remains deeply committed to being inconvenient.

Sources:
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering — https://dmse.mit.edu/news/why-solid-state-batteries-keep-short-circuiting/
MIT News — https://news.mit.edu/2017/toward-solid-lithium-batteries-0202
MIT Review PDF — https://ecm.mit.edu/pubs/articles/10.1002_aenm.202002689.pdf
U.S. Department of Energy — https://www.energy.gov/cmei/ammto/breaking-it-down-next-generation-batteries
U.S. Department of Energy — https://www.energy.gov/cmei/ammto/breaking-it-down-next-generation-batteries
Stellantis — https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press-releases/2025/april/stellantis-and-factorial-energy-reach-key-milestone-in-solid-state-battery-development
Wikimedia Commons image source — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All-Solid-State_Battery.png

Why Solid State Batteries Short

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/27/why-solid-state-batteries-short/

Understanding the short circuit in solid-state batteries

https://www.mpie.de/5151287/short-circuit-solid-state-batteries

#HackerNews #solidstatebatteries #shortcircuit #batterytechnology #energystorage #innovation

Solid-State Batteries: The Bet Promising to Change Electric Vehicles
#SolidStateBatteries #ElectricVehicles #EVTechnology #BatteryInnovation #CleanEnergy #FutureMobility #Toyota #Tesla #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy #ElectricMobility #The14 #The14Media
https://the-14.com/solid-state-batteries-the-bet-promising-to-change-electric-vehicles/

BMW Begins Solid-State Battery Real-World Test In i7 Prototype #automotive #batteries #bmw #byd #electricvehicles #mercedes #solidstatebatteries #testing

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/353722/bmw-begins-solid-state-battery-real-world-test-in-i7-prototype/

I have a feeling that there will be tons of cheap #LFP and #NMC batteries out there when the #EV trucking industry and the rest of the green transit industry switches to #solidstatebatteries

#Toyota #EVs #SolidStateBatteries
"Imagine an electric vehicle, powered by a new solid-state battery, that could travel nearly 750 miles on one charge, last 30 years and fully recharge in under 10 minutes. Could this be the Holy Grail of EV proliferation?"

New Record-Breaking EV In Pipeline With 745 Miles Of Range

"Imagine an EV that could travel nearly 750 miles on one charge, last 30 years and fully recharge in under 10 minutes. Toyota says it'll arrive by 2027."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2025/05/07/the-ev-holy-grail-a-battery-that-can-travel-745-miles-on-one-charge/

Researchers developed a new material for #solidstatebatteries that conducts #lithiumions more than 30% faster than any previously known material, setting a new world record: http://go.tum.de/983541👏

#InorganicChemistry #EnergyStorage

📷W. Schuermann

Samsung SDI announces 2 trillion won rights offering to fund investments in US joint venture with GM, expand European production, and develop solid-state batteries, aiming to accelerate mid to long-term growth amid EV market challenges.
#YonhapInfomax #SamsungSDI #RightsOffering #ElectricVehicleBatteries #CapitalInvestment #SolidStateBatteries #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=54150

🚗🔋 "Mercedes-Benz is revving up for solid-state #EV batteries, but apparently, their website is stuck in reverse with a 403 Error. Maybe they should focus on fixing their servers before electrifying the future. ⚡️💻"
https://spectrum.ieee.org/mercedes-benz #MercedesBenz #solidStateBatteries #403Error #techNews #serverIssues #electrification #HackerNews #ngated

Mercedes-Benz Drives Toward Solid-State EV Batteries

https://spectrum.ieee.org/mercedes-benz

#HackerNews #MercedesBenz #SolidStateBatteries #EVtechnology #ElectricVehicles #FutureOfTransport

A LOT of #EV naysayers point out the performance of EVs in cold weather. I think this is proof that those concerns are minimal and addressed easily with planning and understand basic EV concepts

Just wait for #SolidStateBatteries

Peroxide-Based Coating Approach Gives Nanoshells with Alkali Metals

Difficult-to-achieve uniform coating prepared using hydrogen peroxide as a precipitant

https://www.chemistryviews.org/peroxide-based-coating-approach-gives-nanoshells-with-alkali-metals/

#nanoshells #ionicconductivity #coating #solidstatebatteries #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews

#Samsung to Mass-Produce #SolidStateBatteries for 'Super Premium' #EVs by 2027 https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-to-mass-produce-solid-state-batteries-for-super-premium-evs-by

Analyst Predicts Silver Prices Could Reach $200 Driven by Demand for New EV Battery Technology - Kevin Bambrough, a financial expert with over a decade of experience in commoditie... - https://news.bitcoin.com/analyst-predicts-silver-prices-could-reach-200-driven-by-demand-for-new-ev-battery-technology/ #solidstatebatteries #marketsandprices #cryptocurrency #samsung #crypto #prices #silver #ev

TDK Claims Solid State Battery with 100X Energy Density - Regulations surrounding disposable batteries have accelerated a quiet race to repl... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/tdk-claims-solid-state-battery-with-100x-energy-density/ #solidstatebatteries #batteryhacks #batteries #news

TDK claims insane energy density in solid state battery breakthrough - Enlarge / TDK says its new ceramic materials for batteries will improve... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2031911 #solidstatebatteries #syndication #batteries #tech #tdk

Scientists accidentally create potential solution for major long-term issue with electric cars: 'Something we hadn't seen before'
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/revolutionize-ev-battery-technology-charge-longer/

#EVs
#WashingtonUni
#StLouisAndMassachusettsInstituteOfTechnology
#MechanicalEngineering
#MaterialsEngineering
#DielectricMaterial
#CambridgeUni
#EnergyDensity
#SolidStateBatteries

Newly discovered material could transform batteries, scientists say
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/newly-discovered-material-could-transform-batteries-scientists-say/ar-BB1ild3r?cvid=cb14498d25da4568b58108324066f6f0&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=10

#Batteries
#LithiumBattery
#LithiumIons
#SolidStateBatteries
#SuperionicLithium

Solid-state batteries: inside the race to transform the science of electric vehicles | Electric vehicles | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/04/solid-state-batteries-inside-the-race-to-transform-the-science-of-electric-vehicles

#EVs
#Batteries
#SolidStateBatteries

Solid-state batteries could replace lithium-ion batteries in the near future, according to some experts. Solid-state batteries use solid electrolytes instead of liquid ones, which could make them safer, more efficient, and longer lasting. Solid-state batteries could revolutionize the fields of electric vehicles, renewable energy, and consumer electronics. #SolidStateBatteries #LithiumIon #TS2 https://ts2.space/en/will-solid-state-batteries-replace-lithium-ion/