Vision

Grow automotive industry in Pakistan to globally competitive levels by 2040.

Mission

Encourage and promote automotive related innovations throughout the country and transform them into commercial products and services; and to serve as R&D wing for the automotive industry to help solve their technological problems.

CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES

• National University of Science and Technology (NUST),Islamabad
• National College of Arts (NCA),Lahore
• DHA Suffa University (DSU),Karachi
• Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST),Islamabad
• NED University of Engineering and Technology (NEDUET), Karachi.

ANNUAL INNOVATION EVENT

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi will hold annual automotive innovation event on October 18 & 19.

FEATURED PROJECT – DEMO CAR

• One of the key initiatives of DICE Automotive Innovation center at NUST, Islamabad. 
• Sub-compact segment with focus on affordability & competitive performance.
• Focus on indigenous engineering and development using methods, tools, and techniques that are in line with cutting edge international standards.
• Variant approach – conventional and electric variants using same platform.
• Faculty and students from consortium of universities working in a matrix structure with support of expatriates from US, Canada, UK, and Germany.

PHASE I: Exterior and Interior Styling concept Completed

• Team at NCA completed exterior and interior styling concept for demo car
• DICE Foundation and Najeeb Nayyer (entrepreneur and founder in Pakistan) signed an MoU on March 13, 2019 forming strategic partnership in support of Demo Car project. Under this MoU, a full-size model representative of exterior and interior styling is being developed.

PHASE II: Conventional and Electric Test Prototypes > In-Process

• Chassis components being designed and analyzed by DHA Suffa, Karachi
• Electrical subsystem and components being designed and analyzed by DHA Suffa, Karachi:
• Battery Electric Variant System design and simulation being done by NUST, Islamabad
• Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) models are being developed for design refinement before building test properties and fully functional prototypes.

PHASE III: Fully Functional Prototype Planned

• Fully integrated and functional prototype representative of: 
• Styling – Exterior and Interior 
• Features – Comfort and Convenience
• Performance – Acceleration & Speed. Ride & Handling, Noise & Vibration Based on learnings from Phase I & II prototypes.