Pretty neat. I like it. A new urban paradigm. Top speed of 40kph solves a number of problems, but causes limitations with distance. I wonder if it is just a lack of open thinking that it can't be useful outside of dense urbanity. I wonder how much it costs.
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 7:25 AM brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/local-firm-aev-robotics-plugs-into-demand-for-electric-car-modules/news-story/1aba8d9f68e0e78524d82792529ae008 > Local firm AEV Robotics plugs into demand for electric car modules > January 7, 2019 Chris Griffith attending [ ces.tech ] 2019 in Las Vegas > [NV.us] courtesy of [ hisense.com.au ] > > [image > https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/64039f3d8244ca36fe323805199e0c43 > A lightweight modular electric vehicle developed by Australian company AEV > Robotics > ] > > An Australian firm plans to start assembling lightweight, modular electric > cars locally by 2021. > > AEV Robotics said the vehicles consist of a common robotic base that > supports a purpose-built module that sits on top. One version of the car > could operate ride-sharing with driverless operation while others could be > geared to deliver goods, waste management and medical services. > > The local start-up said it had been working in secret for more than three > years on developing the modular system, which it plans to market globally. > > Chief executive Julian Broadbent said the vehicles were designed to be > slow-moving in built-up urban areas. > > “Instead of adding technology to upgrade traditional cars, we’ve started > from a clean sheet and built a completely new type of vehicle,” he said. > > “Definitely 2021 is our target. > > “We thought it was a really interesting opportunity to reconsider how > vehicles evolved over the last 100 years and what they would look like if > you took a clean sheet.” > > Mr Broadbent said the vehicles would be made at a factory in Croydon in > Melbourne’s east “certainly for the first period when the volumes are low > enough and the margin can be supported”, but inevitably, with current > labour > costs, larger production would take place in Asia. > > The project is a return to familiar territory for Mr Broadbent as he was a > director of advanced global planning at General Motors in Detroit. He was > also director for an innovation organisation. > > There were reports a few years ago of a Commodore being converted into an > “electric supercar” but it never got off the ground. > > Mr Broadbent said the company was financed with founder equity, an angel > round and several seed rounds. > > “I would say that it’s quite a number of millions of dollars that have gone > into this. And it isn’t just investment. We’ve actually been selling our > technology to industry partners and strategic partners and things like > that. Through those partnerships were generated sales.” > > The partnerships involved various types of “functional pods” that sit on > the > robotic base and meet the needs of different organisations. The company > offers developer access to different types of businesses that may want to > build vans, sedan cars or other types of vehicles on the common base. He > said partners would design their modules and AEV Robotics would produce > them. > > Mr Broadbent said the vehicles were designed for “low-speed” operation, a > form of vehicle allowed to operate under special legislation. “We are > seeing the speed limit of cities around the world dropped to what is now an > industry standard, 40km/h, for example.” > > He said the US would probably be the vehicles’ first market as it had had > the legal framework in place for a decade. “They have ready-made > legislation > for these vehicles in terms of their size and have a model operating a load > speed environment.” ... > > The Lowdown > Maximum speed: 40km/h > Weight: less than 1000kg > Power: Electric, plus solar panels > Base: Contains electrics, motor, batteries and computer > Body: Attachable pods for different roles — ridesharing, parcel delivery, > food delivery, waste management > [© theaustralian.com.au] > > > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-spied-PV-AEV-lurking-MelbourneU-w-hot-swappable-body-tp4692183.html > EVLN: (spied)> PV-AEV lurking @MelbourneU w/ hot-swappable body > Dec 15, 2018 AEV Robotics > ... > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=aev+Robotics&sort=date > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Michael E. 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