Marine electrification company Echandia has launched Echandia Core, a new marine battery system built on lithium-titanium-oxide (LTO) technology.
Developed for demanding fully electric and hybrid vessel applications, Echandia Core is designed to offer the safety, lifetime and predictable performance of LTO with a significantly lower upfront investment and smaller installation footprint.
Echandia Core is considered the company’s most important product launch since its founding. It has been developed to lower one of the main barriers to wider LTO adoption in maritime applications: the initial investment. LTO is often highly competitive over the full lifecycle, thanks to long service life, minimal degradation and high operational reliability. But for many vessel projects, the upfront cost has remained a barrier. Echandia Core lowers that threshold. Compared with Echandia’s previous battery system, it delivers 30% lower upfront cost and 30% smaller footprint, while preserving the safety, lifetime and reliability that make LTO suited for demanding marine operations.
Magnus Eriksson, CEO Echandia, said: “Echandia Core is the result of focused engineering around real project economics. LTO has always made a very strong case when you look at total cost of ownership. Its long lifetime, fast charge and discharge capability, and low degradation are exactly what many marine operators need. What we are doing with Echandia Core is lowering the upfront cost barrier, so more projects can access those lifecycle benefits from day one.”
Echandia Core is designed for both fully electric propulsion and hybrid applications, including spinning reserve, peak shaving, backup power and load levelling.
Felix Backgård, Head of Technical Sales, Echandia, added: “Echandia Core does not replace our existing platforms, Echandia Ultra and Echandia Robust. It complements our portfolio and expands the market. Some vessels still need the highest-performance system we can build. Others need a more cost-efficient way to access the safety, lifetime and reliability of LTO. Echandia Core gives them that choice.”
The launch is said to strengthen Echandia’s position in the market for safe, durable and high-performance battery systems for maritime electrification. Echandia Core is available now.
Image: Echandia Core battery system (source: Echandia)
