Ola S1 Pro at present makes use of a 3.97 kWh battery which permits the scooter to journey a company-claimed 180km on a single cost. Recently, riders have additionally claimed how they’ve managed to extract 300km of vary on a single cost while driving in Eco mode submit the MoveOS 2.0 replace.
Ola Electric to start out producing batteries indigenously
Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Aggarwal not too long ago tweeted a clip of an Ola-branded cell. The cell is the corporate’s first indigenously developed battery cell. According to the CEO, the corporate has much more to supply within the battery tech division.
Ola Electric at present makes use of a 3.97kWh battery pack that’s sourced from LG Chem Korea. This battery pack makes use of NMC cells (Lithium-Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt-oxide) and contains 224 cell items. This is achieved in a pair of 112 unit units of cells. The whole battery pack additionally accommodates different parts comparable to connecting buses in addition to an array of sensors to measure, analyse and carry out numerous duties.
Now, it’s understood that Ola Electric could be wanting into avenues to execute the event and manufacturing operations in-house. This might assist the corporate preserve manufacturing prices down, be impartial of provide chain woes and in addition deal with innovation and future development elements higher. This truth may even be linked to Ola Electric’s long-standing curiosity in developing a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery cell for its reasonably priced scooter. LFP cells are cheaper to fabricate and but are steady.
Details comparable to power density, power capability, and battery chemistry of the Ola battery are nonetheless unknown for the time being. But it’s potential that the corporate begins off with producing licensed battery tech in-house earlier than it branches out to newer and completely different applied sciences. Parallels of this technique may be drawn to what Tesla adopted with the Tesla Model 3. Tesla initially licensed out Panasonic’s 18mm diameter and 650mm tall cells, that are additionally known as the 18,650 cells for the car. Later it diversified to supply 21,700 (21mm diameter and 700mm top) cells on its own for the Model 3.