Ola Electric announces appointment of Wayne Burgess as head, vehicle design
Ola
Electric on Tuesday announced the appointment of Wayne Burgess, as head of
vehicle design for its entire product range including scooters, bikes, cars and
more.
Burgess
brings a wealth of international automotive design experience, having worked on
some of the most legendary and iconic cars in automotive history including the
Bentley Arnage in 1998, Aston Martin’s DB9 in the mid 2000s and more recently,
the Jaguar XF, F-Type, F-Pace SUV, XE and many others.
“Wayne
is a fantastic addition to our leadership team and will bring global appeal,
and design aesthetic to our industry changing electric vehicles. As the world
moves to EVs, the vehicle form factors will be fundamentally reimagined.
Wayne’s expertise in designing some of the most legendary vehicles will also be
helpful in bringing these new form factors to consumers. I look forward to
collaborating with him to build the most iconic range of EVs in the world,”
said Bhavish Aggarwal, chairman and group CEO, Ola.
Burgess
has spent almost three decades designing vehicles for the majority of British
premium automotive manufacturers, from Rolls Royce and Bentley in his early
career, to Aston Martin and Jaguar Landrover to, more recently, Lotus. Notably, he was the chief designer for the Jaguar F-Type sports car, and then studio
director for the Jaguar F-Pace SUV.
Expressing
a keen interest in taking charge of vehicle design at Ola Electric, Burgess
said, “I am looking forward to my work at Ola Electric and to the opportunity
to lead a team that will work on designing cutting-edge electric vehicles for
the world. I am thrilled to be part of Ola as it accelerates on its path to
become a leader in global EV solutions.”
Ola
is gearing up to launch the first in its range of electric scooters in the
coming months.
The
Ola Scooter will roll out from the Ola Future factory which is being built at
record-speed in Tamil Nadu. The Ola Future factory will be the world’s largest
two-wheeler factory when fully operational with 10 million-a-year capacity next
year. The factory will start manufacturing the Ola Scooter as soon as its first
phase of 2 million annual capacity is ready this summer.
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