The car world is going electric: a growing list of automotive manufacturers are pledging to phase out combustion engines by 2030. And good way to track this transition’s progress is to look at the various platforms these cars are built on, as well as how they are built.
On a basic level, there are three ways for manufacturers to create an EV:
Retrofitting: Manufacturers modify existing internal combustion architecture to build an electric car. It’s the simplest and quickest method to build an EV, and the process has become a lot more sophisticated in the days since Tesla dumped batteries into a Lotus Elise chassis to build its Roadster. But it’s still an ad hoc method, and can be a dead-end for future development.
Hybrid Platforms: Many modern car architectures have been designed to pair with modular combustion, hybrid, and pure electric powertrains. On the plus side, this gives the manufacturer a lot of flexibility to adjust to the market -ut on the EV front, it limits design choices by forcing them into the strictures of combustion platforms.
Dedicated EV Platforms: Most manufacturers are (or will be) moving to dedicated EV platforms over the next decade. These are basically skateboards consisting of wheels and a battery pack, and offer maximum design flexibility. They are expensive and time-consuming to develop, but once a manufacturer has a purpose-built EV platform, it’s relatively straightforward and cheap to design new vehicles from it. This is why you have some companies taking a long time to get their first EV out the door, but are still pledging to have 10-25 of them at dealers by 2025.
Here’s a look at the all the EV platforms individual manufacturers are currently using.
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00:00 ● Intro
00:41 ● 1. Canoo SKATEBOARD EV Platform
01:40 ● 2. Open Motors Modular Platform
02:49 ● 3. Ree Auto - EV Platform
04:29 ● 4. Volkswagen’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB)
06:17 ● 5. Renault The CMF-EV platform (Common Module Family)
07:46 ● 6. Hyundai Motor Group EV Platform ‘E-GMP’
10:23 ● 7. GM's Wireless Battery Management System
● Intro
Canoo transforms skateboard into “skatekart;” partners with professional racer to showcase performance capabilities
● 1. Canoo - World’s Flattest Electric Vehicle Platform
Canoo is a startup American manufacturer of electric vehicles. The company plans to sell a minivan in the year 2022. The company's also plans to produce commercial electric vehicles such as vans for vehicle rental and ride sharing services.
The company is located in Torrance, California, near Los Angeles, California.
Canoo has developed the world’s flattest skateboard platform, which enables class-leading passenger and cargo volume on a small vehicle footprint. For example, the canoo, which will offer the interior space of a large SUV, but on the exterior footprint of a compact car.
To help achieve this, Canoo’s suspension utilizes a double wishbone with two fiberglass leaf springs, mounted transversely in the front and rear of the platform. The dampers are mounted to the frame, eliminating the need for large shock towers that take up vital cabin space. The entire suspension system is incorporated into the skateboard and sits below the height of the tires.
👉• www.canoo.com/
● 2.Open Motors
👉• www.openmotors.co/
● 3. Ree Auto - fully-flat and modular EV platforms - for multiple applications and vehicle classes
👉• ree.auto/
● 4. Volkswagen - Modular electric drive matrix (MEB)
👉• www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/e...
● 5. Renault The CMF-EV platform (Common Module Family)
👉• easyelectriclife.groupe.renau...
● 6.Hyundai Motor Group EV Platform ‘E-GMP’
👉• www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/...
● 7. GM's Wireless Battery Management System
👉• plants.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/...
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