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 wrote:
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> 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 ]
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> A lightweight modular electric vehicle developed by Australian company AEV
> Robotics
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> An Australian firm plans to start assembling lightweight, modular electric
> cars locally by 2021.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Chief executive Julian Broadbent said the vehicles were designed to be
> slow-moving in built-up urban areas.
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> “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.
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> “Definitely 2021 is our target.
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> “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.”
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> There were reports a few years ago of a Commodore being converted into an
> “electric supercar” but it never got off the ground.
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> Mr Broadbent said the company was financed with founder equity, an angel
> round and several seed rounds.
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> “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.”
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> 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.
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> 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.”
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> 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.” ...
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> 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]
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