EV manufacturer Ola Electric on Thursday announced that it has inducted Dr Prabhakar Patil, former Chief Executive Officer of LG Chem Power, onto its Board.
Dr Prabhakar Patil joins Mr Arun Sarin, former CEO, Vodafone Group, B V R Subbu, former President, Hyundai Motor India, Sumer Juneja, Managing Partner, SoftBank Vision Fund, Jaime Ardila Gomez, Former Executive VP and President of South America for General Motors, TVG Krishnamurthy.
Bhavish Aggarwal, Founder and CEO, Ola, said, 'We are investing deeply in core R&D to create indigenous advanced cell technologies as well as invest into large scale manufacturing of batteries. I look forward to working closely with Dr Prabhakar, as we deepen our focus and investments into advanced cell research as well as large scale manufacturing to build the best battery technologies right here in India and create a global EV hub with our Futurefactory at its center.'
Dr Patil said, 'I am delighted to join the Ola team and to do what I can to support their quest to fundamentally transform major segments of India's electric mobility system to make it sustainable and self-reliant.'