In an interview, Anand Kabra, Chairman and Managing Director of GEON, speaks with TimesTech about the company’s evolution from Battrixx into a full-stack clean-energy and storage technology brand. He outlines GEON’s strategy across mobility, grid-scale energy storage, and safety-led innovation, highlighting how indigenous manufacturing, deep R&D, and scalable ESS platforms are shaping India’s transition toward energy independence.
Read the full interview here:
TimesTech: GEON has evolved from Battrixx into a broader clean-energy and storage technology brand. How does this transformation reflect your long-term strategic vision?
Anand: The transformation from Battrixx to GEON represents a decisive shift in how we look at India’s clean-energy future. When we started, mobility was the center of the conversation and our focus was building safe, reliable battery packs for EVs. But the real inflection point came when we understood that the country’s energy transition cannot depend on mobility alone. The backbone of clean growth is energy storage, across homes, industries, utilities, and telecom.
Our new identity reflects this expanded mission. GEON today is an end-to-end clean-energy solutions company building scalable storage platforms across mobility, stationary storage, and grid support. We are shaping an ecosystem where batteries become infrastructure – enabling EV adoption, stabilizing renewable energy, and delivering dependable power where the grid is weak.
What this really means is, we are building technology that powers everything from a delivery EV to a 5 MWh grid-scale system, designed and manufactured in India. Our ambition is to help the country become energy independent and reduce reliance on imported technology. GEON’s role is to drive that transformation with reliability, scale, and accessibility at the core.
TimesTech: What core technological advancements or R&D breakthroughs differentiate GEON in the Indian battery ecosystem?
Anand: Our differentiation comes from deep engineering integration rather than single-point innovation. We build our technology stack end-to-end, from mechanical pack design and thermal engineering to proprietary BMS hardware and software. This lets us optimize performance at the system level, not just at the component level, which is what sets us apart from imported packs or assembly-only players.
Our in-house R&D ecosystem includes advanced testing infrastructure equipped for extreme-condition validation, accelerated lifecycle testing, environmental stress testing, and full-stack safety protocols aligned with global standards like UN 38.3, IEC, and ISO.
We are also investing heavily in automation and data intelligence. Our pack-level telematics and AI-based predictive analytics provide real-time health insights, proactive fault detection, and lifecycle optimization across deployed fleets. It prevents downtime before it happens, a real operational advantage for commercial mobility and large-scale ESS.
We approach innovation with one rule: technology must be validated for Indian conditions. High temperatures, heavy vibration, load variability, and unpredictable grid behavior define our environment. Designing for these realities makes GEON’s solutions safer, longer-lasting, and more economical across their lifecycle.
TimesTech: How is GEON contributing to the future of small mobility platforms in India?
Anand: Two- and three-wheelers drive India’s mobility economy. They carry goods, enable livelihoods, and solve last-mile logistics. For real EV adoption, these platforms need batteries that are safe, fast-charging, cost-efficient, and built for tough field conditions. That is where GEON is focused.
We are scaling high-performance LFP and LMFP battery platforms engineered for commercial fleets and gig-mobility use cases, where uptime, lifecycle cost, and reliability are non-negotiable. Our packs are designed with advanced thermal management, high vibration tolerance, and enhanced safety protections, supported by proprietary BMS and telematics for real-time diagnostics and predictive maintenance.
We are also building localized product variants across fixed and swappable architectures, including L3 aftermarket packs to accelerate affordability and access. Our manufacturing scale and supply-chain integration allow us to lower the total cost of ownership versus imported systems, which remains critical for mass adoption.
Our belief is simple: electrification will succeed when technology supports business outcomes. Higher range, stronger safety, faster service, and better economics, that’s how GEON is supporting the transition to cleaner and more productive mobility.
TimesTech: What role do ESS solutions play in enabling renewable integration and grid stability?
Anand: Energy storage is the missing link between India’s renewable ambitions and reliable power. With solar and wind being intermittent, scalable ESS is essential for stable, dispatchable energy and reducing reliance on thermal power and diesel backups. GEON’s modular, containerised ESS enables everything from industrial peak shaving and microgrids to utility-scale renewable-plus-storage projects, helping factories cut diesel use, businesses maintain continuity, and utilities integrate renewables without straining the grid.
In rural and semi-urban regions, storage provides cleaner, affordable backup power and, when paired with rooftop solar, helps SMEs and households manage energy costs. Storage is no longer optional—it is central to India’s energy strategy, and GEON is building systems from kilowatt to multi-megawatt scale to match the country’s rapid renewable growth.
TimesTech: Battery safety is a critical concern. How does GEON ensure world-class safety and reliability?
Anand: Safety starts long before a battery hits the road or the field. At GEON, it begins at the architecture level, from chemistry selection to mechanical design, thermal systems, and BMS intelligence. We validate every product through a multi-layer testing framework aligned with globally recognized standards like UN 38.3, IEC, and ISO.
Our validation process includes extreme abuse testing: crush, nail penetration, thermal runaway propagation, short circuit, vibration, water immersion, temperature shock, and accelerated aging cycles. This helps us understand performance under real-world stress, particularly given Indian heat, load variation, and road conditions.
Precision manufacturing is equally important. Automated laser welding, controlled thermal interface application, and real-time traceability eliminate variability and reduce risk from the production floor itself. Our BMS and IoT platforms provide continuous monitoring, predictive fault analytics, and remote diagnostics, minimizing failures and preventing hazards proactively.
Safety isn’t a feature we add at the end. It’s an engineering principle built into every layer of the product, and it defines our responsibility to customers and the ecosystem.
TimesTech: What is GEON’s roadmap for scaling manufacturing, expanding partnerships, and driving innovation?
Anand: Our roadmap is built on three priorities: scaling capacity, strengthening technology leadership, and expanding global collaboration to accelerate clean-energy adoption.
On manufacturing, we recently commissioned a 7 GWh advanced facility designed for both mobility and stationary storage applications. This gives us scalable production across kilowatt to multi-megawatt deployments and supports the Make-in-India mission by reducing import dependence and building domestic capability.
The next phase is ecosystem partnerships, with utilities, EPC players, renewable developers, telecom operators, and OEMs, to accelerate deployment across market segments. We are also actively evaluating global technology partnerships to co-develop platforms for emerging chemistries, advanced manufacturing automation, and circularity solutions. Innovation remains constant. We’re investing in AI-enabled asset intelligence, software-defined energy architecture, and new chemistries aligned to safety, lifecycle value, and sustainability.
Our long-term vision is clear: build India’s most trusted clean-energy technology company and help position the country at the center of the global energy transition. For us, scale and responsibility must grow together, that is the legacy we are committed to building.
