Log9 battery maker from Bengaluru announces an aluminium-ion cells manufacturing plant

Log9, a nanotech and battery specialist from Bengaluru has announced the plan for a manufacturing plant that would produce cells to ultimately power low-cost EVs, such as two and three wheelers. This would be the first of its kind in India.

The company conducts heavy research and produces prototypes of native Aluminium-ion battery cells in the country. Aluminium-ion cells are more dense (translating to more range), safe and less prone to fires than the largely used Lithium-ion cells that are ruling the market at this moment. Moreover the greatest advantage of using aluminium in the Indian sub-continent is that this material can be abundantly found here.  

With the rising demand for electric cars in India, its accessories must not be outsourced but till date, China has been the largest exporter of batteries and other technologies to India. In the coming years, India would need more components to cater to its electric vehicle market, like, batteries, cells, motors and other paraphernalia. It is high time for the Indians to come up with something both indigenous and genius to cope with the foreign hierarchy.  

Log9 is on a journey to change India’s EV market with this new plant which will be the largest cell fabrication centre in South Asia aiming to achieve at least 50MWh of cell production capacity in the next year with a growth of over 5GWh in the next 3-5 years.  

The RapidX battery packs produced at Log9’s new fabrication center are claimed to have inbuilt Instacharge technology (the company’s patent), along with unique features such as 9 times faster charging, better performance and battery life than regular Lithium-ion batteries.

While addressing the event, Akshay Singhal, Co-Founder & CEO of Log9 Materials quoted: “We at Log9 are extremely proud and happy to launch India’s first cell manufacturing line, which reflects a giant leap forward in empowering India with all the flexibility and scale that would be required to give the country the right impetus for ushering its EV-led future. Thus, for Log9, Day Zero marks the day that will usher in a new era of India-made cells for India. This special Day also marks our 7th anniversary and is therefore presented as a culmination of the groundbreaking efforts by LogNiners throughout our seven-year-long journey so far."

"Our cells have been designed grounds-up in India, for India; and this means that Log9’s cells and batteries are the best suited for Indian operating conditions, climate and customers, and hence they are going to play a crucial role in making India self-reliant while helping the nation realize its ambitious electric mobility vision. With the momentum garnered from Log9’s Day Zero event, we will be going onwards and upwards and pledge to do everything possible to enable our country to accelerate and lead within the intersectional areas of e-mobility, EV-tech, clean energy and clean tech, sustainability and deep technologies," he added. 

Log9 is also looking into new pathways of technological research, such as new battery cell form factors. It also claims to have built batteries suitable for the Indian weather conditions, keeping temperature and harshness in mind that the foreign companies do not care about.