Despite India’s recent lithium discoveries and the government’s push through a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for advanced chemistry cells, Indian battery manufacturers are turning to China for essential know-how and materials needed to kickstart their production.
Advanced chemistry cells are very small cells used in lithium-ion batteries, and can store electric energy as chemical energy, and convert it back to electric energy when needed.
Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd, one of India’s leading automotive battery makers, is the latest to secure a partnership with a major Chinese lithium-ion cell maker. Amara Raja has inked a licensing agreement with Gotion-InoBat-Batteries (GIB), a unit of China-based Gotion High Tech, to produce lithium-ion cells, more specifically cylindrical and prismatic LFP (lithium-ion phosphate) cells in India. The company has announced a 16…
