India to tap ‘Lithium Triangle’ for Lithium-ION batteries onboard Indian Navy subs

India to tap ‘Lithium Triangle’ for Lithium-ION batteries onboard Indian Navy subs

Following in the footsteps of the Japanese and South Korean navies, the Indian Navy has issued a RFI seeking details of Li-ION batteries. These batteries will be fitted in all the future submarines in the Indian Navy which are being designed to use this technology. Lithium-ion battery development is at an advanced stage with all leading global submarine manufacturers and one could guesstimate that by the end of this decade, all modern SSKs will be powered by Li-ION batteries. “Indian submarines still do not have Air-independent Propulsion (AIP) even on the latest Kalvari class submarines. India’s DRDO is developing an indigenous fuel cell AIP system but fitment on a submarine is yet some distance away,” Indian Navy veteran Commodore Anil Jai Singh tells Financial Express Online. Financial Express Online has been reporting on India’s exploratory visits to the Lithium Triangle’ nations (Argentina, Bolivia & Chile) to meet its target of having Electric Vehicles by 2030. And it was for t…