Ola Electric Mobility Limited on Tuesday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ola Cell Technologies (OCT), received the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification for its indigenously developed LFP 46100 cylindrical cell. Ola Electric is the first Indian company to receive BIS certification for an indigenously developed cell in the 46100 format.
The certification was granted under IS 16046 (Part 2):2018 / IEC 62133-2:2017. The LFP 46100 cell has also qualified under IS 16893 Parts 2 and 3 and UN 38.3 standards, confirming completion of prescribed electrical, mechanical, environmental, reliability, abuse, and transportation-safety evaluations. The cell was developed with extensive localisation across materials, components, engineering, and manufacturing processes.
To obtain the certification, the 46100 LFP cell underwent a series of safety, performance, and endurance tests at a National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)-accredited laboratory. Tests included thermal abuse, external short circuit, forced discharge, impact, altitude, abnormal charging, vibration, continuous low-rate charging, crush, free fall, and mechanical shock assessments.
The certified LFP 46100 platform expands Ola Electric's in-house cell portfolio beyond its NMC 4680 Bharat Cell. The cell offers an energy density of over 170 Wh/kg, broad operating-temperature capability, and a development pathway towards more than 4,000 charge-discharge cycles. It is designed for applications where safety, lifecycle, and cost are as critical as energy and power performance.
Ola Electric has thousands of vehicles powered by its 4680 Bharat Cells already on Indian roads, collectively covering millions of kilometres in real-world conditions. Ola Electric's Gigafactory, which supports both NMC and LFP technologies on a common 46-series architecture, forms the cornerstone of its long-term battery strategy.
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