Amara Raja starts work on lithium-ion cells, sets up tech hub at Tirupati
Amara Raja Batteries, the country's second-largest automotive battery maker, has opened the country's maiden technology hub to develop lithium-ion cells, at its Tirupati facility in Andhra Pradesh. The advanced lithium-ion technology research hub, the pilot project located at its headquarters in Tirupati, will become the country's first lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility in the private sector over the next few years, Amara Raja Batteries CEO S Vijayanand told PTI. The company has a technology transfer agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since early 2019. Vija...