Ola Electric unveils home-to-grid battery storage portforlio, starting at ₹99,999

Ola Electric on Monday unveiled a full-stack energy storage portfolio for homes, commercial establishments, industry and utility-scale projects.

The portfolio, branded Ola Shakti, will use the company's indigenous lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery technology and includes residential product Shakti Gen2, commercial Shakti AC and DC Racks, and the industrial and utility-scale Mahashakti range.

"The use cases of our world-class battery and cell technology will manifest beyond electric mobility," Ola Electric Chairman and Managing Director Bhavish Aggarwal said.

"Ola Shakti extends that innovation across every scale — from the home to the grid — helping India store and use clean energy intelligently," he said.

The company said its vertically integrated cell-to-system capabilities, including its Krishnagiri Gigafactory, would allow it to use a common technology architecture across the portfolio.

Shakti Gen2 will be available for households in 4.6 kWh and 9.2 kWh variants, paired with 3 kW and 6 kW power outputs, respectively.

The smaller model is priced at an introductory ₹99,999, while the 9.2 kWh version costs ₹1,74,999.

The residential system offers battery backup, energy monitoring through the Ola Shakti app and solar energy storage, with an integrated MPPT solar charging capability.

Ola Electric is also offering a standalone Shakti Solar Charge Controller in 3 kW and 6 kW configurations for homes with solar installations.

Shakti AC Rack offers 73 kWh of storage with an 18-50 kW inverter and a 415-volt three-phase AC system. The Shakti DC Rack, aimed at telecom and other DC infrastructure, offers 38-77 kWh capacity and 48-volt DC output.

Both systems are modular and are scheduled to become available from March 2027.

The Mahashakti range is aimed at larger commercial, industrial and utility applications.

The Mahashakti Rack has a capacity of 257 kWh and 125 kW, with an integrated power conversion system, 415-volt three-phase AC output and liquid cooling. It is targeted at manufacturing facilities, commercial buildings, warehouses, retail outlets and digital infrastructure.

For utility-scale and large industrial applications, the Mahashakti system offers 6.26 MWh of storage and 2.5 MW of power, with a 1,331.2-volt DC configuration and liquid cooling. The system can be configured for two- to four-hour durations.

The company said India would need hundreds of gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity by the early 2030s to support renewable energy integration, grid reliability and the country's target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel-based power capacity.

Ola Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding with Axis Energy for potential deployment of up to 20 GWh of battery energy storage systems by 2032 using the Mahashakti platform, the company said.

The company said all its energy storage products would use LFP cells and would be manufactured using its cell-to-pack vertically integrated architecture.

It said pricing and detailed technical specifications for its commercial and utility products, along with performance data and warranty terms, would be announced later.