Dr Stuhec will be part of the Electric Vehicle Tech Centre, at Mahindra North American Technical Centre, Detroit
Mahindra & Mahindra is accelerating the growth of its electric vehicle sphere by bringing in Dr Uli Stuhec as Vice President and Head of its ambitious Global Born Electric platform. Prior to joining Mahindra & Mahindra, Stulec was Chief Technology Officer at StreetScooter, the world’s largest electric vehicle delivery truck manufacturer.
Dr Stuhec will be part of the Electric Vehicle Tech Centre, at Mahindra North American Technical Centre, Detroit, which will drive the vision of ‘higher electrification and creating electric vehicle products and technology’.Â
He will lead BEV vehicle program – BEV architecture and development of BEV platform strategy in collaboration with MRV Chennai. He is also likely to steer a dedicated team of 20 engineers in North America and will plan and execute the BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) product development strategy in line with customer requirements.
Dr Stuhec has extensive experience of two and half decades in the space of product development, having been a top official of auto majors like Ford and BMW. He spent a large part of the last decade developing electric and autonomous technology. He also led the launch of the autonomous shuttles in Texas and Japan.Â
Dr Anish Shah, MD and CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra, confirmed the development via a tweet.Â
Dr Stuhec will report to Pankaj Sonalkar, chief of Electric Vehicle Technology Centre. Samir Rawte, the current Chief Platform Head of EV in India will have a dual reporting to Dr Stuhec and Senthur Pandian, Chief Platform & Delivery Head for all PV Platforms.
