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Just to provide examples: General Motors EV: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/16/21439374/gm-unveils-ultium-drive-family-of-electric-motors https://www.theverge

by fma 6y ago

Just to provide examples: General Motors EV: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/16/21439374/gm-unveils-ultium-drive-family-of-electric-motors https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/16/21439374/gm-unveils-ultiu... For example, Ultium is expected to provide the foundation for GM’s upcoming Hummer pickup truck and SUV; the luxury Cadillac Lyriq SUV; an electric delivery van; and two electric vehicles that the automaker is making in partnership with Honda. Volkswagon: https://jalopnik.com/the-fascinating-engineering-behind-vws-electric-car-pla-1829257860 https://jalopnik.com/the-fascinating-engineering-behind-vws-... It is supposedly capable of underpinning everything from the aforementioned I.D. compact car (which VW also refers to as the “Neo”) and I.D. Crozz SUV, to a sedan based on the I.D. Vizzion concept, to a modern interpretation of the VW Microbus based on the I.D. Buzz concept.

dzhiurgis 6y ago
Difference is that MEB or Ultium are developed internally in US or EU. They gonna engineer essentially identical part that most people not gonna care for. Differentiator is UX - this is where Tesla still winning and where Apple wants to step in. Plus manufacturing in Taiwan gets you near China costs + top notch engineers minus wariness of Chinese EVs (which most people scoff at yet they are inevitable winners). p.s. I don't think it makes sense for Apple to be selling cars themselves. Rather they can make new iteration of CarPlay and partner up with Foxconn to sell the package to traditional car companies or other third parties - who just select trim, tyres and cabin based on the local market demographics.