Ola Electric has announced the commencement of construction of its upcoming battery cell Gigafactory, which promises to be the largest EV cell facility in India. Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and CEO – Ola Electric, shared the update in a tweet while also sharing images of the groundbreaking initiative. The new Gigafactory is in line with Ola’s plans to be a holistic player in the EV sector with the company working on more two-wheelers and even four-wheelers in the electric mobility segment.
Ola Electric’s cell Gigafactory is located in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, and promises to have a production capacity of 10 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per annum. The upcoming manufacturing facility will be capable of producing battery cells that will go into electric vehicles as well as other battery solutions. India does not have its own battery cell manufacturing so far at a large scale in order to compete with players from China, Taiwan and South Korea.
Work started and moving along at full speed on our cell gigafactory!
It will be India’s biggest and amongst the worlds biggest cell factories. And the centrepiece for #endICEage! pic.twitter.com/Nr6k5rMT6O
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) May 26, 2023
The tweet from Bhavish Aggarwal read, “Work started and moving along at full speed on our cell gigafactory! It will be India’s biggest and amongst the worlds biggest cell factories. And the centrepiece for #endICEage!”