Finnish-Estonian bikemaker Verge has been in plenty of headlines in the past few years. Now, it’s time for its spin-off partner company, Donut Lab, to get its fair share of eyeballs. The company has been working on solid-state battery tech for a while, and it seems it’s finally seeing some…
  • colourlesspony@pawb.socialEnglish
    16·
    11 days ago

    I’m still on the fence of whether Donut’s labs battery is real or not. I’m in the “It’s a marketing scam” camp.

    • Iconoclast@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      11 days ago

      My take is that if they had the product they’re claiming they would just show it. It would be so groundbreaking that it will sell even without the hype campaign. The only reason to act like Theranos is that they’re not being honest or for the very least are misleading about it.

      I hope I’m wrong.

    • Taasz/Woof@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      10 days ago

      Everything about how they’ve handled the release, including their new ‘slow reveal’ where they reveal tests for 1 feature a week, but are just showing fairly useless stuff, just screams scam to me.

      If they really had the battery they claim I feel like showing verified wh/kg numbers would be first priority. As they could easily sell it without all this weird ‘suspense’ they’re trying to build.