Ola Electric Launches Ola Shakti, Entering India’s Residential Energy Storage Market
Ola Electric unveils Ola Shakti, a fully indigenous residential BESS, leveraging 4680 Bharat Cells to offer scalable, efficient, and intelligent energy storage for homes, farms, and small businesses.
October 16, 2025. By EI News Network
The company said the move marks a major step in diversifying beyond electric mobility into the broader clean energy ecosystem, tapping into an estimated INR 1 lakh crore market projected to grow to over INR 3 lakh crore by 2030. It further said that, powered by Ola’s indigenous 4680 Bharat Cells, Ola Shakti is India’s first residential energy storage system that is fully designed, engineered, and manufactured domestically. The system will be available in four configurations, 1.5 kWh, 3 kWh, 5.2 kWh, and 9.1 kWh, at introductory prices ranging from INR 29,999 to INR 1,59,999 for the first 10,000 units. Bookings have opened at INR 999, with deliveries scheduled to begin on Makar Sankranti 2026.
Ola Electric expects its annual Gigafactory production for the BESS market to scale up to 5 GWh within the next few years, surpassing its current automotive battery consumption. The company said it will leverage its existing Gigafactory infrastructure and nationwide retail network to rapidly scale the new product line without incurring additional capital expenditure or R&D costs.
Commenting on the launch, Bhavish Aggarwal, Chairman and Managing Director of Ola Electric, said that India does not face an energy shortage but an energy storage opportunity. “With Ola Shakti, we are turning that opportunity into energy independence. We have built world-class battery and cell technology for electric mobility, and now we are extending that innovation to homes," said Aggarwal.
The company said Ola Shakti is built using automotive-grade safety standards and delivers an energy efficiency of up to 98 per cent, with zero running and maintenance costs. The modular system allows multi-directional stacking for scalability and is designed for simple home installation and servicing. It operates across a wide input voltage range from 120V to 290V, ensuring protection from fluctuations, and offers instant power changeover with a response time of 0 milliseconds. The batteries are IP67-rated for dust and water resistance, tested for Indian monsoon conditions.
According to the firm, Ola can power home appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, induction cookers, and farm pumps. The system can charge fully in as little as two hours and provides up to 1.5 hours of backup on full load. Beyond basic energy storage, it integrates intelligent energy management features, enabling users to monitor battery status and energy flow in real time through an app interface. It also offers Time-of-Day scheduling, smart backup prioritisation, remote diagnostics, over-the-air updates, and automated optimisation based on usage patterns.
The launch of Ola Shakti marks the company’s first step toward establishing a presence in India’s energy storage market, expanding from residential systems to commercial and grid-scale deployments in the future. All products will be based on the same 4680 Bharat Cell platform and produced at the company’s Gigafactory in Tamil Nadu.
The company said the growing adoption of rooftop solar systems and clean energy solutions across urban and rural households would drive strong demand for residential battery storage products. The firm’s Ola Futurefactory in Tamil Nadu is among the world’s largest EV manufacturing hubs and is supported by the Bengaluru-based Battery Innovation Centre (BIC), focused on advanced cell and battery R&D.
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