Ola Electric Mobility flipped the switch on Mahashakti on August 15, 2026, launching what the Bengaluru-based EV maker calls India's first cell-to-pack, vertically integrated utility-scale battery energy storage platform. The debut anchors the company's push beyond electric scooters into grid-scale storage — a market India's Central Electricity Authority projects will need more than 400 GWh of capacity by 2032.
A 20 GWh Anchor With Axis Energy
Mahashakti's first commercial partner is Hyderabad-based renewables developer Axis Energy. An MoU signed in early August contemplates the deployment of up to 20 GWh of Ola BESS by 2032, scaling to 5 GWh of annual installations from 2028. Axis has grid approvals for more than 3,750 MW of projects across Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan and a pipeline of roughly 3,500 MW more — a natural launch customer for storage that can round-the-clock firm renewable output.
Cell-To-Pack, Bharat Cell, One Factory
Mahashakti runs on the company's Bharat Cell chemistry, manufactured in-house at the Krishnagiri gigafactory in Tamil Nadu. Ola argues that owning the cell, pack and system engineering across a single site lets it deliver a stronger cost, safety and performance envelope than integrators sourcing from third parties. The platform targets renewable integration, industrial power, grid infrastructure and — increasingly — the data-centre backup market as India's AI compute footprint expands.
Building A Storage Business On Top Of An EV Business
The launch extends a gradual storage push that began with the Shakti residential system unveiled in October 2025 and continued through Ola's May 2026 earnings call. It also lands in a busy week for global battery storage — see our coverage of Reliance's 40 GWh Jamnagar gigafactory, Arevon's 300 MW Nighthawk BESS and Avantus's $1.05B solar-plus-storage facility.
Reporting based on coverage from Business Standard, Energy-Storage.News and Ola Electric's stock-exchange filing.