DIVITIPALLY: Battery maker Amara Raja Group, which has entered the race to arrange India’s first gigafactory after gamers like Ola and Exide, is trying to arrange a 6 million models every year lead acid battery plant in North India.
That is a part of efforts to de-risk the enterprise and cater to markets in North and West India higher, Amara Raja group chairman Jayadev Galla stated on the inauguration of its 1.5GWh Lithium-ion battery pack plant and ground-breaking of its buyer qualification plant (CQP) for cell manufacturing on Saturday.
The CQP, a industrial pilot plant that may manufacture cells for testing and validation by clients, is predicted to be accomplished by March 2025, with the primary cells anticipated to start rolling out by April-June 2025.
High Amara Raja officers stated the primary few traces of the GWh operations are anticipated to be commercialised by This fall of 2026 and growth to 16GWh will occur by FY2029. The gigafactory is being arrange by Amara Raja Superior Cell Applied sciences (ARACT), a subsidiary of Amara Raja Power & Mobility Restricted (ARE&M).
The corporate has already a MoUs with Piaggio Autos Personal Restricted to develop and provide Li-ion cells and chargers for its EV 3 wheelers along with creating cells and battery packs for its upcoming 2-wheeler choices to be produced in India. It lately inked a pact with Ather Power to develop and provide NMC (nickel manganese cobalt), LFP (lithium iron phosphate), Li-ion and different superior chemistry cells from the ability.
In Dec 2022, the Tirupati-based battery maker introduced plans to arrange a 5GWh Li-ion battery pack meeting plant together with a 16GWh cell manufacturing facility, which it plans to increase to 30GWh.
The gigafactory is arising on a 260-acre giga hall that may generate over 4,500 direct jobs and as many oblique ones. ARE&M can also be constructing a complicated vitality analysis and innovation centre close to the Hyderabad worldwide airport referred to as ePositive Power Labs.
That is a part of efforts to de-risk the enterprise and cater to markets in North and West India higher, Amara Raja group chairman Jayadev Galla stated on the inauguration of its 1.5GWh Lithium-ion battery pack plant and ground-breaking of its buyer qualification plant (CQP) for cell manufacturing on Saturday.
The CQP, a industrial pilot plant that may manufacture cells for testing and validation by clients, is predicted to be accomplished by March 2025, with the primary cells anticipated to start rolling out by April-June 2025.
High Amara Raja officers stated the primary few traces of the GWh operations are anticipated to be commercialised by This fall of 2026 and growth to 16GWh will occur by FY2029. The gigafactory is being arrange by Amara Raja Superior Cell Applied sciences (ARACT), a subsidiary of Amara Raja Power & Mobility Restricted (ARE&M).
The corporate has already a MoUs with Piaggio Autos Personal Restricted to develop and provide Li-ion cells and chargers for its EV 3 wheelers along with creating cells and battery packs for its upcoming 2-wheeler choices to be produced in India. It lately inked a pact with Ather Power to develop and provide NMC (nickel manganese cobalt), LFP (lithium iron phosphate), Li-ion and different superior chemistry cells from the ability.
In Dec 2022, the Tirupati-based battery maker introduced plans to arrange a 5GWh Li-ion battery pack meeting plant together with a 16GWh cell manufacturing facility, which it plans to increase to 30GWh.
The gigafactory is arising on a 260-acre giga hall that may generate over 4,500 direct jobs and as many oblique ones. ARE&M can also be constructing a complicated vitality analysis and innovation centre close to the Hyderabad worldwide airport referred to as ePositive Power Labs.
