EKA Partners With Log9 To Source Fast Charging Battery Solutions For Electric Commercial Vehicles

The partnership is aimed to provide Log9’s battery solution RapidX for EKA’s new energy vehicles, including a pure electric bus range and a range of Light Commercial Vehicles.

New Delhi: Electric Vehicles company EKA and battery technology startup Log9 Materials announced they have entered into an agreement for rolling out electric vehicles.

The partnership is aimed to provide Log9’s battery solution RapidX for EKA’s new energy vehicles, including a pure electric bus range and a range of Light Commercial Vehicles.

“Following the launch of respective vehicle platforms, as a part of the collaboration, EKA and Log9 will deploy at least 10,000 InstaCharged LCVs and 200 e-Buses within a year. The vehicles will be deployed initially in Mumbai and Pune Metropolitan regions, and later rolled out across other metros and geographies,” the companies said.

RapidX batteries are meant for electric buses and come with 15-years warranty, a life of 15,000 cycles and with a charging time of 30 minutes. EKA is a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries, an automotive seating, interiors and speciality vehicles company.

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