An EV is much simpler than an ICE car. Modern EVs use what is known as a "skateboard" platform, with the wheels, powertrain and battery forming a flat package.

An EV is much simpler than an ICE car. Modern EVs use what is known as a "skateboard" platform, with the wheels, powertrain and battery forming a flat package. For western manufacturers, this means that they can build anything from a family car to a panel van on essentially the same platform, massively reducing development costs; Chinese startups can just buy a skateboard as a rolling chassis and bolt a body on top. It's essentially a return to the old body-on-frame approach that dominated prior to the 1960s. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/skateboard-chassis-electric-car/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/skateboard-chassis-electr...