Services — R&D
The Battery of Tomorrow Is Being Built Today — Come Build It With Us.
Our R&D Philosophy
Lithium-ion is an excellent technology. It is also a technology with known limits: raw material constraints, thermal risks at high energy density, and a cost floor tied to lithium and cobalt supply chains.
GarudaVolt's R&D programme exists because we believe the next generation of electricity storage will be qualitatively different — and that the time to develop expertise in those technologies is now, not when they become mainstream.
We are not a research institute. Our R&D is commercial in intent: every technology we study is evaluated against the question — "Can this be manufactured reliably and economically within the next decade?"
No lithium, no cobalt, no nickel — strategic for India
Eliminate thermal runaway risk — higher safety density
Long-duration storage at scale — 4–12+ hour applications
EV batteries repurposed for low-cost stationary storage
Extend battery life by handling high-power transients
Technology Focus
Sodium is the fourth most abundant element on Earth. Sodium-ion cells use no lithium, no cobalt, and no nickel. Several manufacturers in China and Europe have moved sodium-ion to commercial production. The technology is now at the point where independent evaluation by Indian companies is timely and strategically important.
[PLACEHOLDER: Current stage — monitoring / cell sourcing / prototyping]
Replacing liquid electrolyte with a solid conductor eliminates the primary cause of lithium-ion thermal runaway. Solid-state cells also support higher energy density. The technology is in late R&D to early commercialisation globally.
[PLACEHOLDER: Literature review / Partnership with academic labs / Prototype cell evaluation]
Flow batteries decouple power (kW) and energy (kWh) — the electrolyte tanks store energy, the stack generates power. This makes them ideal for long-duration storage (4–12+ hours) where lithium-ion becomes expensive. Vanadium redox cells have demonstrated 20,000+ cycle life.
[PLACEHOLDER: Feasibility assessment / Discussions with technology licensors]
EV batteries that have degraded to 70–80% of original capacity are still well-suited for stationary storage applications. Repurposing them reduces the effective cost of storage and keeps batteries out of recycling streams prematurely.
[PLACEHOLDER: Identify EV OEM / fleet operator partner for battery supply]
Technology Adoption Pipeline
R&D at GarudaVolt is not academic. It feeds directly into our product and system roadmap.
Monitor global literature, patents, and commercial developments. Build structured knowledge base. No capital commitment.
Procure or fabricate cells/components. Benchmark against spec targets. Internal go/no-go review at end of stage.
Build sub-system or full pack prototypes. Validate real-world claims. Compare against lithium-ion baseline.
Small-batch manufacturing trials. Identify process challenges at scale. Define certification pathway.
Integration into GarudaVolt's product or system portfolio. Customer trials and market launch.
Academic Collaborations
GarudaVolt is actively seeking formal research collaborations with institutions working in electrochemistry, materials science, and battery systems.
[PLACEHOLDER: Add additional national labs as relationships are established]
Explore Research CollaborationR&D Infrastructure
[PLACEHOLDER: Update with actual equipment once procured]
Our R&D team is small and being built now. If you have a background in electrochemistry, materials science, electrical engineering, or embedded systems — and you want to work on problems that matter at a company small enough that your work is visible — we want to hear from you.