[jonhohle]

I’m. It sure why no one is producing a commodity “skateboard” platform for other companies to build their vehicles on. When Tesla showed off this design prior to the Model X (iirc), the idea of a company that could optimize batteries and motors to sell a blank canvas chassis seemed obvious.

[Moto7451]

That’s part of the idea behind VAG’s MEB platform and GM’s Ultium and the platforms based on it. Ford is using MEB and Honda is using Ultium platforms for the moment.

I think the issue with unibody cars is eventually you’re constrained on how much a base platform can be changed without the OEMs’ commitment to modifying the layout. The Honda Prologue and the Blazer EV have the same silhouette.