Chunky Vazirani is the founder and chief designer behind Vazirani Automotive. Chunky has poured in his previous contributions in building the brand from ground up. His previous experience at Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and Volvo, let him to build India’s first hypercar while focusing on design. Founded in 2015, the company is based in Mumbai, with a team based in Los Angeles. It is presently working with a wide number of partners for working capital, engineering, development, expertise and sourcing all components, with major partners based in UK, USA, Japan and Italy.

Founder and chief designer Chunky Vazirani is the key person behind Vazirani Automotive. Having previously worked at Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and Volvo, Vazirani’s premise is to build India’s first hypercar while focusing on design. Upon the concept’s unveiling at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Vazirani stated, “We believe outright beauty has become very rare nowadays as visual complexity and 'designed by engineering' supersedes the art element that made millions of people, including me, fall in love with cars. The look shouldn't be a consequence of engineering. For us, the design process spearheads the car’s development to make sure we achieve the right balance between the art and science. It was exhilarating to design the Shul because the new electric technology gave us the opportunity to rethink the architecture. The proportions are a reflection of the technology packaged underneath. Smaller components and extra room allowed us to creatively channel the air through and around the car to reduce drag and improve downforce. With this design, we wanted to bring back classic automotive elegance but still execute it in a modern, relevant manner and we are really pleased with the final outcome.”

The key to the concept car is its jet turbine-powered electric powertrain, which attempts to address the issue of heavy battery packs being deployed presently in all-electric supercars. This turbine is placed in a carbon fibre suit for heat dissipation and latency purposes, and is essentially an onboard generator.When in motion, this generator helps recharge batteries faster when on the go. It is this factor that Vazirani hopes will help the car reduce charging times required, and with the prospect of on-the-go charge regeneration, should not only maximise total range, but also provide more and uniform power to the electric motors that power the wheels.

The car is essentially ALL-wheel-drive with four individual motors for each wheel; hence enabling torque vectoring. The motors run on a single ratio gearbox and which according to Vazirani eliminates the need of a second cog and offers a wide band of power. This turbine is placed in the same format as a mid engined sports car, and the overall car is heavily inspired from the present crop of extreme supercars like the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Porsche 918.

Although Vazirani Automotive is essentially a car company with Indian roots, the car was designed and developed in California. The team plans to locate their production facility in California since it is the "capital of the electric car world." Chunky Vazirani also said "We want this to be a story of India, but we can't build it here yet so will build it elsewhere." The car has undergone extensive lightweighting, from a carbon-fibre tub to a minimal-drag design.It is also supported in terms of designing and performance prowess by Kazunori Yamauchi of Gran Turismo and Michelin, and is also backed by India’s Formula One team, Sahara Force India.