Electric vehicles are the future. But developing them is a massively expensive undertaking. A new vehicle platform costs as much as $20 billion to design, validate, and build. That means most early stage technology firms — at least those not helmed by Elon Musk — don’t have requisite resources and have been elbowed out of the electric vehicle development race as major auto manufacturers roll ahead.But what if there were a way to reduce the development strain in order to encourage EV development and vehicle diversity, thereby hastening the transfer away from internal combustion vehicles?That’s the premise of REE, an Israeli technology startup that’s developing a flat, modular electric vehicle platform that auto manufacturers can use as a blank canvas. While most road vehicle design incorporates integral propulsion and steering components into a vehicle’s body, REE has placed the motor, steering, suspension, drivetrain, sensing, brakes, and electronics into what looks like a flat cart with wheels.Auto manufacturers can utilize this modular base to create a variety of vehicle concepts. “The concepts of the past are limited and restrict the ability of the automotive industry to realize the electric and autonomous reality they are striving for,” says Daniel Barel, Co-Founder and CEO… Read full this story
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