Dr Prabhakar Patil, former CEO of LG Chem Power Inc, shares his experience of early days of setting up LG Chem’s lithium cell Gigafactory in USA. According to him, Lithium-ion battery technology is going to be around for foreseeable future, which brings high level of confidence for entities making investment, but it is important to gain economies of scale. India can take advantage of global partnerships while setting up giga factories.