Ola begins construction of gigafactory in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Ola Electric has announced the commencement of construction of India’s biggest gigafactory.

The company has installed the first pillar of its cell factory in Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu.

Spread across 115 acres, the Ola gigafactory will begin operations by early next year with an initial capacity of 5 GWh which will be further expanded in phases to 100 GWh at full capacity.

Upon commencement of operations, this would be India’s biggest cell factory, and at full capacity, would be one of the world’s largest cell manufacturing facilities, said the company in a statement.