Navya, the Paris-based autonomous mobility systems provider and Electromin, a Saudi Arabian e-Mobility company, recently announced the signing of a distribution agreement to better promote and expand Navya’s products and services in the Middle East, with a first priority given to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In the latter half of March 2022, Navya and Electromin started with some experimental work to ensure the market demand in this geographic area as well as the applicability of Navya’s solutions and Electromin’s ability to deploy them on a large scale.
“We are very pleased to partner with Navya in the distribution of their products and services to offer our many customers in the Gulf Arab States and MENA region a reliable autonomous mobility offer adapted to their sustainable transportation challenges and the cities of the future. This agreement strengthens our current portfolio and extends our position in the value chain of a sector in high demand. Electromin is a company focused on the future of mobility and we are convinced that Navya autonomous systems are part of it. Together, we have everything we need to deploy Navya shuttles, Charlatte Autonom Tracts and autonomous driving packages equipped with Navya Drive® autonomous driving software and Navya Operate® supervision on a very large scale,” said Kalyana Sivagnanam, CEO of Electromin.
“We are delighted to strengthen our strategic and commercial partnership with Electromin, which will provide us with new growth opportunities and a strong dynamic in a strategic territory for Navya and for Charlatte Autonom. Our non-exclusive collaboration with Electromin is a major step in our international development and represents a formidable lever to accelerate our deployment projects for the transportation of people and goods. The complementary nature of our collaboration provides each of us with real long-term development prospects, both in the shuttle and logistics tract segments, as well as in next-generation platforms integrating Navya Drive® autonomous driving software and Navya Operate® supervision software. With already 75% of the autonomous transportation market share in the Gulf Arab States, this agreement reflects Navya’s leadership position in a market with very high potential and our desire to continue to develop in this market by exploiting all the growth avenues available to us and expanding our collaboration with all the partners that will enable us to achieve our goals,” said Sophie Desormière, CEO of Navya.
