Indian tech services giant Infosys has scored a deal to write code for Swedish electric vehicle outfit Polestar. Infosys on Wednesday announced it will work on in-car infotainment, advanced driver assistance, telematics, software and electrical/ electronics engineering, user experience (UX), and unspecified "cloud-powered digital services." The deal also appears to have an element of good old-fashioned outsourcing, as it encompasses "Polestar's product management, customer engagement, corporate solutions, and accelerates direct-to-consumer digital services through cloud-native development, testing, and data engineering.
" Polestar execs claimed the deal will "generate IT efficiencies and empower innovation," while also lending "support our growing vehicle portfolio and new model launches." Infosys will build a "global technology hub" for Polestar in the Indian city of Bengaluru to make this all happen. The services titan hasn't detailed the number of people involved, nor the value of the deal.
There's clear value for Infosys here, for two reasons. One is that offshoring has been shown to be of value to an EV-maker – further validation of the business model beyond its roots in "your mess for less" and business process outsourcing. Another is that EVs are clearly the coming thing, and Infosys has a chance to prove itself as an expert in the field.
The Polestar/Infosys collab was announced on the same day as Samsung teamed with Korean auto-makers Hyundai and Kia to integrate it.
