Pioneer of Bangladesh's EV manufacturing industry

Engineering an electric future for Bangladesh.

I'm Mustafa Al Momin — founder & CEO of Palki Motors and a pioneer of Bangladesh's electric vehicle manufacturing industry. I build the country's first homegrown EVs: designed, made, and driven here.

Mustafa Al Momin, founder and CEO of Palki Motors
  • 84+ vehicles on the road
  • 850+ tons CO₂ avoided
  • $1M Zayed Sustainability Prize

About

Engineer first, founder second.

I started Palki Motors with a simple conviction: Bangladesh shouldn't just import its electric future — it should build it. So we set out to engineer EVs for the roads, budgets, and realities of the people who actually drive them — and became the first to design and manufacture electric vehicles in Bangladesh.

Today Palki Motors designs and manufactures a growing line of electric vehicles — from city passenger cars to mini pickups — and is proving that world-class engineering can come out of Dhaka. My work sits where hard engineering meets hard economics: landed cost, unit economics, and whether a vehicle truly earns its place in someone's life.

I write and speak about building a homegrown EV industry, climate-positive manufacturing, and what it takes to build a deep-tech company from Bangladesh.

Palki Motors electric vehicles being assembled at the workshop in Dhaka
Designed and built in Bangladesh — the Palki workshop floor in Dhaka.

What I focus on

Three things I'm building toward.

01

Build

Designing and manufacturing electric vehicles for real Bangladeshi roads and real Bangladeshi budgets — engineered to last, priced to reach.

02

Localize

Proving that vehicles can be engineered and assembled here — creating skilled jobs and industrial capability that stay in the country.

03

Decarbonize

Replacing fossil miles with clean electric miles, one affordable vehicle at a time — measured in tons of CO₂ kept out of the air.

Selected work

Palki Motors

Founder & CEO · 2021 — present

Bangladesh's first homegrown electric vehicle company. We design, manufacture, and deliver EVs built for local conditions — and we're building the supply chain and industrial base to do it at scale.

  • Cityboy V2 & V3 — electric passenger cars
  • ReVolt V2 — electric mini pickup
  • X27 — imported electric vehicle line
Visit palkimotors.com →

Recognition

Backed on the world stage.

  • Zayed Sustainability Prize — Winner

    $1M global award recognizing impact in sustainable mobility.

  • Bangladesh's first homegrown EV company

    Pioneering locally engineered and manufactured electric vehicles.

Mustafa Al Momin receiving recognition on stage at the Bangladesh Startup Summit
Receiving recognition at the Bangladesh Startup Summit.

Writing

Notes from building.

Essays and a real-time founder's journal of building Bangladesh's first homegrown EV company.

Read my writing →

Contact

Let's build something.

For partnerships, speaking, press, or a conversation about the future of mobility in Bangladesh — reach out.

mustafa@palkimotors.com →