1) Synthetic Graphite will ALWAYS outperform natural during this...

1) Synthetic Graphite will ALWAYS outperform natural during this specific use case. You are comparing a highly engineered product vs natural. This is nothing new. What you fail to mention is that it is well know that optimal battery performance uses a combination of synthetic and natural. Natural outperforms synthetic in other use cases. Incredible cherry picking right here.
2) Early indications show we are very likely to be just fine for cycle testing. a) Equipment trials show we SURPASS purity benchmarks b) Efficient purification process with the Locked Cycle program using the HF-Free purification and c) stability over 150 cycles
3) We are abit early for Cycle Testing arent we? Pilot / Demo plant is coming. I'd imagine this is when the tests get done for a more valid result and the information will be released in due course.

In summary, we are where we are meant to be and newsflash synthetic outperforms natural in certain use cases.

Im no engineer, happy to be corrected. DYOR