What Is A A SKATEBOARD CHASSIS?
Autonomous General Motors Skateboard Chassis
A SKATEBOARD CHASSIS is the underpinning/ platform of many EVs:
🛹 Resembles a skateboard as the base of the vehicle
🔋 Includes battery mounted in the floor
(with/out electric motors in them)
💻 also comprised of electronics that are necessary to operate vehicle without mechanical controls (drive-by-wire or X-by-wire)
⬇️ Provides a lower center of gravity/ improves handling
💁🏻♀️ Roomier interior space
🚘 Allows for Frunks (Front Trunks)
🚙 Allows for manufacturers use of multiple vehicle “shells” on top
🧑🔧 OEM can modify as needed for different body configurations (platform sharing)
⬇️ Lowers cost by not having as many parts
✅ Easier to repair with modular parts
Did you know❓
Skateboard Chassis were introduced by GM 22 years ago on their Electric Vehicle Concept named “Autonomy”. It was a fuel-cell vehicle that’s autonomous, steer by wire and sits on a Skateboard Chassis, that was unveiled back in 2002.
Go electric ✌🏼
More info on Autonomy:
📝 https://uk.motor1.com/features/273141/gm-autonomy-concept-we-forgot/
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