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Solid State Reality, or Venture Capitalist Scam?
11C charging to full in less than 10 minutes without active thermal management is wild.

Looks like they are not as close to Vaporware as I thought.

More 3rd party validation to come.

Scaling will be the most critical step in making it a reality.

Looks like another validation test will be coming next week.
 
Scam.
The CEO is the same one who last year announced “the most advanced ai ever” and it turned out to be vaporware.
The claim of 400 Wh/kg is physically impossible for the chemistry claimed. And they didn’t even build their “5 kWh model” big enough to fit the required number of cells that sits next to it—they can’t even do basic volume calculations to get their scammy junk the right size.

The test only tested the easiest to meet claimed specifications (charge rate), and the cell that was tested didn’t meet all of the claims (it required more cooling than claimed). A NMC or LFP battery could make it through that test in the same way. And, in fact, the specifications of the cell are closer to NMC than the claimed solid-state chemistry.
Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought they achieved faster charging speeds when they removed one of the cooling plates?