Mahindra Research Valley (MRV), the flagship R&D and Innovation Centre of the Mahindra Group, has announced that it has been granted 210 patents in the last six quarters.
A press release from M&M noted that MRV is the hub of a global neural network of the company for auto and farm sectors spread across the UK, US (Detroit and Virginia), Italy, Finland, Turkey and Japan.
With over 4,000 engineers, MRV is also part of the Design ecosystem, including Mahindra Design Studio in Mumbai, Pininfarina in Italy, Mahindra North American Technical Centre (MNATC), and the latest addition to the list – the Mahindra Advanced Design Europe (MADE), the release added.
MRV has 1,979 patent applications to its credit, of which 149 are in the EV space. Mahindra's investment in the development of these technologies has been in areas related to innovation, customer experience and safety, including active safety systems, advanced driver assistance systems, advanced automotive electronics, light-weighting technologies, enhanced vehicle dynamics and connected vehicle technologies, high precision hydraulics, smart combine harvesters, smart connected implements, and hill farming, among others.
The release added that the group is leveraging multiple emerging technologies, including EVs, autonomous vehicles, smart agricultural implements, and precision farming. It is upskilling its product design engineers in evolving fields of data science, AI, IoT, Mechatronics, etc., thus aiding new product development.
R Velusamy, President, Automotive Technology and Product Development, M&M, noted that, successful patent applications help the company set new benchmarks and reiterate efforts towards its quest for perfection and excellence.
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