akshay singhal pankaj sharma and kartik hajelas log9 is a battery technology company the venture was incubated in 2015 as the first startup at iitroorkee and is now headquartered in bengaluruthe team initially focused on aluminium air fuel cells alafcs instead of the standard lithiumion batteries used in evs here the fuel is the aluminium which reacts with the air via an electrolyte to produce electric power after a year of research log9 developed indias first alafc in 2018 alafc tech is for longhaul vehiclesin 2019 log9 developed its first ev battery test pack and the year after it launched the fastcharging rapidx battery for intracity uses on top of our tech stack we have our indigenously developed proprietary lto lithiumtitaniumoxide technology cells made for tropical suited for extreme climatic conditions markets ensuring a safer design and sustainable alternative to conventional liion cells we have pioneered the large cylindrical cell form factor and advanced tabless cell design structure in the domestic market pankaj sayslog9 holds approved patents for its rapidx batteries aluminium air fuel cells supercapacitors cell technology and graphene it has filed over 70 patents till datea number of commercial vehicle makers are customers in january log9 raised 40 million in funding led by amara raja batteries and petronas ventures and was valued at 250 millionlog9 has over 300 employees sharma says the company is looking to expand its 250mwh battery manufacturing facility into a 2gwh factory by 2024 end our 50mwh cell manufacturing line will soon be fully operational with an increased capacity he says