Tech Mahindra, MIH Consortium partner on automotive engineering solutions

Tech Mahindra, a part of Indian conglommerate Mahindra Group, has joined forces with Foxconn-initiated MIH (Mobility in Harmony) Consortium with an aim to offer sustainable automotive engineering solutions to the mobility industry.

The partnership will concentrate on coming up with sustainable mobility solutions and developing the next generation of autonomous driving solutions, electric vehicles (EVs), and mobility service applications that can bring value to stakeholders in the mobility sector.

As part of the collaboration, Tech Mahindra will help the Mobility in Harmony Consortium develop the software-defined car architecture and platforms. The Indian IT services provider will also provide its expertise in design development, software, and consulting to deliver value to both customers and stakeholders.

Besides, the partnership will put an emphasis on utilizing key technologies and developing reference designs and standards for narrowing the gap for alliance members, facilitating quicker innovation, and development cycles that are shorter.

RV Narasimham — Tech Mahindra Global Head of Integrated Engineering Services said: “The Indian Electric Vehicle market size is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 65.1% (2022-2029). At Tech Mahindra, we aim to contribute to this growth and our partnership with MIH Consortium is a step forward in this direction.

“Together with MIH Consortium, we will focus on making EV cars a reality by 2025 by creating intelligent, innovative, and sustainable mobility solutions and infrastructure.

“We are confident that our technical prowess in the automotive sector and decades of experience in the field of engineering coupled with MIH Consortium’s strong expertise in mobility will help generate groundbreaking results in the EV market.”

Tech Mahindra, MIH Consortium partner on sustainable automotive engineering solutions. Photo courtesy of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

Presently, the Mobility in Harmony Consortium has more than 2,460 members globally. The consortium is said to be working towards developing an open EV ecosystem to promote collaboration across the mobility industry’s major OEMs, electronic stability programs (ESPs), and Tier 1 suppliers for standardizing EV technologies to steer the electric vehicle revolution.

Jack Cheng — MIH Consortium CEO said: “We at MIH are very pleased to have Tech Mahindra onboard with our Consortium as they bring close to 26 years of deep automotive domain expertise to the alliance. Their lead into the EV vehicle technologies would very well add immense value to the alliance and its members in furthering the vision of creating an open EV ecosystem that promotes collaboration in the mobility industry.

“I look forward to welcoming Tech Mahindra into the Alliance and foresee them to be a very critical player in this consortium.”