Electrovaya Announces Two Additional Orders for its Forklift Battery Systems from Fortune 500 Customers

Electrovaya Inc. (“Electrovaya” or the “Company”) (TSX: EFL)(OTCQX:EFLVF) today announced that it has secured initial purchase orders from two Fortune 500 customers for its ELivate forklift battery systems. The aggregate value of the orders is approximately CDN $275,000. These are the third and fourth Fortune 500 companies, respectively, to place orders for Electrovaya's drop-in lithium ion battery systems for forklifts, which feature its ceramic separator and industry-leading cycle-life.

“We are pleased that our drop-in forklift product continues to draw interest from very significant customers,” said Dr. Raj Das Gupta, Vice President, Business Development at Electrovaya. “Our ceramic lithium-ion battery technology is ideally suited to intensive-use applications such as forklifts and other material handling vehicles, supporting both higher efficiency and sustainability."

About Electrovaya Inc.

Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL)(OTCQX:EFLVF), designs, develops and manufactures proprietary Lithium-ion Ceramic Batteries, battery systems, and battery-related products for energy storage, clean electric transportation and other specialized applications. Electrovaya, through its fully owned subsidiary, Litarion GmbH, also produces cells, electrodes and SEPARION™ ceramic separators and has manufacturing capacity of about 500MWh/annum. Electrovaya is a technology focused company with extensive IP. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, Electrovaya has production facilities in Canada and Germany with customers around the globe.

To learn more about how Electrovaya and Litarion is powering mobility and energy storage, please explore www.electrovaya.com, www.litarion.com and www.separion.com

 

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Ian Lyons
Electrovaya Inc.
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