Kartik Hajela Steps Down as COO of Log9, Joins Jupiter Electric Mobility

Kartik Hajela, cofounder and COO of battery manufacturing startup Log9 Materials, has resigned to join Jupiter Electric Mobility (JEM) as a director.

At Log9, Hajela was instrumental in developing advanced battery technologies for the Indian market. Now at JEM, he will manage the electric light commercial vehicle (e-LCV) segment.

About Kartik Hajela

Kartik Hajela, an IIT-Roorkee alumnus, co-founded Log9 in 2015 with Akshay Singhal and Pankaj Sharma. The startup makes EV batteries and other energy storage solutions, competing with companies like Hero Electric-backed Exponent Energy and Ather Energy.

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Kartik Hajela said in a post on LinkedIn, "As a part of the part-merger of Log9 and JEM, I have joined JEM as a Director ending my 7 years long journey at Log9, contributing to the last mile electric commercial fleet space… I pass on the baton to the awesome leaders in Log 9 and will now as a new beginning focus on creating the next flywheel in the EV space which is ripe for disruption, e-LCV in India.” 

Hajela, also added, “Multiple programs lined up to be launched in the coming month. The foundation has been slowly set for the last 2 years from distribution to production to service and the coming quarter will be exciting to see the results on roads. Starting our deployments across 8 cities in the next quarter.”

This move comes a few months after JEM, a subsidiary of Jupiter Wagons Ltd (JWL), acquired Log9’s railway battery and electric truck battery divisions in October 2024. The deal included the acquisition of Log9’s engineering and production teams, along with its manufacturing facility in Bengaluru’s Devanahalli. Hajela’s appointment is part of this acquisition.

The partial merger and cofounder's departure come during a period of significant changes at Log9. Earlier this year, it was reported that the company had delayed January salaries for all employees and laid off 115 contractual workers.

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