CASE | Vehicle Engineering

Electric Platform Concept Development

Concept development of the front end of an electric vehicle platform, consisting of packaging of engine bay and battery, chassis and BIW concepts, safety verification, manufacturing and assembly concept visualisation.

THE CHALLENGE

The client was looking for our unique competence within structural and vehicle safety development
Finding improvements and possibilities when the constraints of a combustions engine is removed in a pure EV platform
Together with the client clarifying ”wants and needs” for system requirement
New Brace Pack to improve NVH to fixed roof performance level
Extremely tight timeline

THE COMPANY

A global automotive OEM developing vehicles and platforms that meets tomorrows needs for electrification, car sharing and customer interfaces.

THE SOLUTION

Brainstorming activities were conducted in several stages and the evaluation of these ideas were conducted together with the client
Chosen ideas was developed gradually and conceptually verified with packaging activities and assembly studies
The most important objects was scalability of size/weight, frontal impact safety and cost efficiency of the structural concepts for high volume production
The concept was verified for safety with full vehicle crash simulations
Agile way of working in close cooperation with the client

THE RESULT

The study was an eye opener for the customer in terms of what efficiency possibilities exists, if the constraints of a combustion engine in the platform is removed
Unique front structure, wheel suspension and scalable electric platform was developed and virtually verified
The project was optimized for high volume production and low part prices
Delivered on time with extremely tight time schedule

To know more about this, please contact:

Morten Lindborg

Department Manager Vehicle Engineering

morten.lindborg@escenda.com

+46 (0)70 729 33 58