Ricardo partners with FMC to engineer a new family of electric vehicles for global markets

UK engineering and environmental consultancy Ricardo has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Future Mobility Corporation of China to provide engineering support in the development of a family of electric vehicles, aimed at customers in Asia, North America and Europe.
July 4, 2017 Read time: 1 min

UK engineering and environmental consultancy 5606 Ricardo has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Future Mobility Corporation of China to provide engineering support in the development of a family of electric vehicles, aimed at customers in Asia, North America and Europe.

Formed in 2016, Future Mobility Corporation (FMC) aims to redefine the market for high quality, feature-rich electric vehicles, with ambitious plans to deliver its first products delivered to market by 2020, as part of a completely new product range which will embrace the latest electric vehicle technologies.

To help it fulfil its product development plans, FMC will work with Ricardo on an international basis, drawing upon the resources of its vehicle and electric/electronic systems engineering teams based at Ricardo technical centres throughout the UK, continental Europe and China.

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