Skateboard (automotive platform)

A skateboard is a type of configuration for automotive chassis, used for automotive platforms of battery electric vehicles. The skateboard chassis includes a base structure or a platform, which houses the batteries, electric motors and other electronic components fundamental to an electric vehicle.

Hyundai E-GMP skateboard platform

A skateboard chassis cuts down the cost and complexity of manufacturing and production of electric vehicles, as it is a self-contained platform, with all the necessary driving and electronic components integrated into it, and which can be mounted with a variety of bodies after scaling them into various sizes. The skateboard allows an automaker to design and manufacture vehicles in several vehicle categories and body segments without engineering each one independently.

Examples

• Cenntro iChassis^[1]
• Gaussin Road truck skateboard^[2][3]
• Bollinger Skateboard, the chassis basis for Bollinger's vehicles, and a product sold to coachbuilders.^[4]
• Foxconn MIH, a platform developed by Foxconn for use by vehicle manufacturers and not itself.^[5]
• General Motors BEV3 platform^[6]
• Hyundai E-GMP^[7]
• REE Automotive P7 platform^[8]
• Rivian Skateboard^[9]
• Geely SEA platform^[10]
• Tesla Skateboard, a platform family based on the skateboard chassis configuration, used for the Model S/X and Model 3/Y sub-platforms.^[11][12]
• VIA Motors VDRIVEÔäó Skateboard^[13]
• Volkswagen Group MEB platform^[14]
• XPeng SEPA (Smart Electric Platform Architecture).^[15]
• Lucid Air Lucid Air LEAP Platform (Lucid Electric Advanced Platfomr).^[16]
• Zero Labs Classic Electric Platform.^[17]

See also

• Modular vehicle

References

1. "Cenntro Introduces iChassis ÔÇô An Electric Autonomous Skateboard". theevreport.com. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. "Road Truck Skateboard | Gaussin". www.gaussin.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
3. "Gaussin skateboard press release" (PDF) (pdf).
4. Ryan Carbrey (24 March 2020). "Bollinger Skateboard Can Be Anything You Want It To Be". tt: The Things.
5. Lauly Li; Cheng Ting-Fang (16 October 2020). "Foxconn aims for 10% of electric car platform market by 2025". Nikkei Asia.
6. "GM executive: Electric pickup will be built on EV-specific platform". Green Car Reports. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
7. "Hyundai Rolls Out Skateboard-Like EV Platform". WardsAuto. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
8. Mike Oakes (14 March 2023), "REEvisiting with REE Automotive plus the Rebadged Mullen Class 3 truck - Work Truck Week", Munro Live
9. Ed Garsten (24 April 2019). "Ford Jumps On Rivian's Skateboard". Forbes.
10. "Geely's Lynk & Co Reveals Zero Concept All-Electric Car". InsideEVs. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
11. Steven Loveday (23 October 2020). "Tesla Will Leave 'Skateboard' Behind & Move To Structural Battery Packs". Inside EVs.
12. Thom Taylor (23 October 2020). "Tesla's Skateboard Announcement Today Makes Competition Obsolete Again". Motor Biscuit.
13. "VIA Motors and EAVX announce partnership for development of Class 2b Proxima Van". Ideanomics InvestorRoom. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
14. Lambert, Fred (18 September 2018). "VW unveils MEB platform for electric vehicles, launches 'Electric for all' campaign to have 'affordable' EVs". Electrek. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
15. Sebastian Blanco (4 September 2019). "Xpeng Ready For More With Updated G3, New P7 Electric Vehicles". Forbes.
16. Lucid Motor (26 August 2020). "Lucid Air'"Space-Concept Design".
17. Motor Trend staff (9 December 2020). "Zero Labs Launches Modular, BYOB (Bring-Your-Own-Body) EV Platform for Classic Pickups". Retrieved 23 July 2023.