Manufacturing
Ola Electric, India’s manufacturer of EVs, today an-
Bhavish Aggarwal, Founder & CEO, Ola said, “At Ola,
nounced Ola Futurefoundry, its global center for ad-
we are building the future of mobility and continue
vanced engineering and vehicle design. This center
to attract the best global talent across disciplines.
will be based in Coventry, UK, a global hub for the
Ola Futurefoundry will enable us to tap into the fan-
best automotive design and engineering talent in
tastic automotive design & engineering talent in the
the world.
UK to create the next generation of electric vehicles. Futurefoundry will work in close collaboration with
Ola Futurefoundry will work in synch with the de-
our headquarters in Bangalore, India to help us build
sign and engineering teams based at Ola Campus
the future of mobility as we make EVs affordable
in Bangalore, India. It will house global talent across
across the world.”
multiple disciplines of 2W and 4W vehicle design, advanced high-performance automotive engineer-
“We want to create a world-class design and R&D
ing, digital & physical modeling, and more. It will also
team with global sensibilities. Ola Futurefoundry is
house talent that will focus on vehicle R&D around
an important step in building a multi-disciplinary
new energy systems including cell technologies.
team that is agile, flexible, and responsive to the various needs of our consumers around the world. We
Ola will invest £100M over the next 5 years into the
are setting up in Coventry a global epicenter of au-
state-of-the-art center and staff it with over 200 de-
tomotive and technology talent. Futurefoundry will
signers and automotive engineers. The center will
supplement and collaborate with our core team in
also partner with a world-class education and re-
Bangalore, India to deliver exciting new EVs across
search institutions in the UK to collaborate on tech-
two-wheeler, 4 wheeler, and other form factors.” said
nology research and development.
Wayne Burgess, Vice President of Vehicle Design, Ola Electric.
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