Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are
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Semi-solid state batteries are a less volatile bridge to the future.
Key facts
- In 2025, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued recalls for almost 1.9 million power banks from companies like Anker, Baseus, and INIU
- Giant says T&D’s battery has 50 percent more capacity compared to lithium-ion and allows them to reduce the frame-integrated weight by 21 percent, according to Bike Europe
- In April 2025, the reporter reviewed the “world’s first” semi-solid-state power bank from a company called Kuxiu
- Otherwise they won’t get China’s CCC mark (analogous to the CE mark in Europe or UL in the US) required for air travel
Summary
If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere as they enter the second quarter of the 21st century, and that’s a problem. In 2025, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued recalls for almost 1.9 million power banks from companies like Anker, Baseus, and INIU. The solution, they've been told for at least a decade, is the solid-state battery. Alas, what sounded too good to be true appears to be exactly that, having now been thoroughly debunked.