Formula E has appointed COMSOL as the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s Official Multiphysics Partner under a multi-year agreement.
The partnership was announced on 7 October 2026. Formula E and COMSOL engineers will use COMSOL Multiphysics software to investigate technical problems in which electrical, thermal, structural, electromagnetic, fluid and battery systems interact.
Simulation brief extends beyond individual models
COMSOL will provide software and expertise to Formula E’s technology teams. The partners say the work will also explore simulation applications and digital-twin systems intended to make physics-based information accessible beyond conventional specialist modelling workflows.
That scope is broader than a branding appointment because it identifies engineering users and technology areas. It does not, however, name specific vehicle components, projects, teams or race operations that will use the software. Formula E and COMSOL also have not disclosed the number of licences, implementation timetable, data architecture or support staffing included in the agreement.
Formula E chief technology officer Dan Cherowbrier said the championship was particularly interested in AI-assisted modelling, agentic workflows and digital twins. COMSOL product-management executive Bjorn Sjodin said the series offered real-world problems involving connected physical effects. MRI has paraphrased those company statements rather than reproducing the announcement’s quotations.
The release presents the championship itself as the customer and technical collaborator. It does not state that participating manufacturers or race teams receive direct software access under the same contract, so MRI has not extended the announced rights or benefits to those organisations.
Agreement arrives as GEN4 engineering intensifies
The partnership begins as Formula E prepares for the GEN4 era, which increases the demands placed on performance, efficiency, energy management and vehicle development. COMSOL’s official materials identify batteries, motors, thermal management, structures, aerodynamics and acoustics as connected modelling areas relevant to electric racing.
COMSOL also announced version 2027 of its Multiphysics platform, due later in the autumn, with dedicated electric-motor modelling, system-level simulation, agentic modelling and expanded tools for creating simulation applications. Those are planned product capabilities disclosed by the company; the partnership release does not confirm that every function will be deployed by Formula E.
The companies have not published the contract value, exact duration, exclusivity boundaries or measurable performance targets. Until projects and outcomes are disclosed, claims about faster development or improved performance remain prospective.
The verified development is a multi-year technical relationship that places a specialist computer-aided engineering platform inside the championship’s engineering workflow. Its practical scale will become clearer when the partners identify the first simulation or digital-twin applications and explain how their results are used.
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