Bengaluru-headquartered startup Log9 Materials has entered right into a long-term strategic partnership with Pune-based EV firm Northway Motorsport to utilise the latter’s experience to retrofit a number of used and brand-new ICE-based small industrial autos (SCV) into EVs alongside the mixing of Log9’s RapidX batteries.
As a part of this collaboration, Log9 and Northway Motorsport will allow retrofitment (ICE automobile to EV conversion) service on a request foundation for the present autos on the highway.
Northway Motorsport may also tie-up with varied retrofitment workshops across the nation, beginning with metro cities like Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai, after which different components of the nation, as and when deemed obligatory.
Furthermore, the parters are at the moment working intently to introduce quickly to the market a brand new 4W product InstaCharged by Log9 batteries.
The upcoming electric-SCV is being co-developed and is claimed that it may be absolutely charged from zero to 100 per cent inside 45 minutes; it’s going to additionally include a guaranty of 8 years or limitless kms.
The automobile shall be capable of ship peak efficiency in excessive temperatures ranging between -45deg to +60deg Celsius and it comes with a 4-speed handbook gearbox.
Log9 and Northway collectively goal to deal with the electrification of business fleets throughout the nation. The collaboration additionally brings Northway Motorsport beneath the aegis of the Responsible Delivery Movement – an initiative by Log9 aimed to speed up e-mobility adoption for last-mile deliveries and convey down transportation and logistics-related emissions depth in India by as much as 33% by 2030.
Kartik Hajela, Co-Founder and COO, Log9 Materials mentioned, “As of today, there are very limited options for a four-wheeler commercial EVs in the Indian market, and additionally, existing four-wheeler commercial EVs are suffering due to charging downtime and low battery life. While solving these issues, we at Log9 want in parallel hope to speed up the process of getting more and more CVs on the road in order to build use-cases around the success of converting the popular ICE commercial vehicles to electric-powered ones while using the InstaCharge technology of Log9.”
On the opposite hand, Northway Motorsport is the electrical automobile division of Hemank Auto Parts, which says it has developed its in-house drivetrain options for EVs.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”