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Skateboard (automotive platform)

Type of chassis configuration used in battery electric vehicles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Skateboard (automotive platform)
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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.

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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.

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Typical "skateboard" layout with the battery as floor and a motor at one or both axles
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