Ola Shakti will utilise Ola’s in-house 4680 Bharat Cells, said Ola Electric chief executive Bhavish Aggrawal. This is the same battery cell Ola recently started using in its electric two-wheelers.
Aggarwal said the energy storage solution can run large household appliances, and has prospective use cases in beyond households and in fields like agriculture, defence and communication.
The solution has been launched in 1.5 kWh, 3 kWh, 5.2 kWh, and 9.1 kWh battery configurations at introductory pricing of Rs 29,999, Rs 55,999, Rs 1,19,999 and Rs 1,59,999, respectively, for the first 10,000 units. Reservations have been opened for a token price of Rs 999, with deliveries scheduled to begin Makar Sankranti 2026.
The system can power air conditioners, refrigerators, induction cookers, farm pumps, and communication equipment, with charging times as fast as 2 hours and backup capacity of up to 1.5 hours on full load.
Ola will build Shakti units at its Gigafactory in Tamil Nadu, allowing it to scale with zero incremental capital expenditure and R&D spends, Aggarwal said.
“Public and market always assumed our gigafactory will only be for our automotive cells. But the biggest application of our gigafactory will actually be grid energy storage and battery storage systems,” said Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Aggarwal.
