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For more than a month now, American company Karma has been tormenting us with what it calls a revolutionary electrified platform. Called E-Flex, it is supposed to support a variety of configurations, from hypercars to casual electric vehicles for the masses.
Karma first revealed the architecture at the beginning of April as an alternative solution for carmakers looking for a ready-made platform. As per the official details, E-Flex is supposed to be able to support 22 different configurations, covering a wide range of present-day needs for carmakers in the business of making electrified vehicles.
This is the platform Karma will use to underpin the upcoming Revero GTE, an electric machine that should deliver a 3.9 seconds acceleration time from 0 to 60 mph (97 kph), and a range of up to 400 miles (644 km). But those figures are at the top of the spectrum, and the platform can be used for more down to Earth cars as well.
Enter the Everyday BEV variant of the E-Flex, a configuration that should allow the fitting of a 80 kWh battery, also paired to the company’s new inverter e-drive system, for more common uses.
“Karma’s goal in creating the ‘Everyday BEV’ platform was to offer an economic solution for service vehicles, ridesharing vehicles, and last-mile delivery vehicles that can benefit from low cost of ownership and sustainable transportation,” said in a statement Mike Jones, Director of Chassis Engineering, Karma Automotive.
“The Everyday BEV platform provides a host of benefits over traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles including adherence to clean air zones for city driving and quieter transport for passengers.”
To our knowledge, Karma is yet to find a partner to share or sell one of the E-Flex platforms to. It might not be long until it does, though, given how hungry the industry is for solutions that could prove much cheaper than designing something from scratch.
This is the platform Karma will use to underpin the upcoming Revero GTE, an electric machine that should deliver a 3.9 seconds acceleration time from 0 to 60 mph (97 kph), and a range of up to 400 miles (644 km). But those figures are at the top of the spectrum, and the platform can be used for more down to Earth cars as well.
Enter the Everyday BEV variant of the E-Flex, a configuration that should allow the fitting of a 80 kWh battery, also paired to the company’s new inverter e-drive system, for more common uses.
“Karma’s goal in creating the ‘Everyday BEV’ platform was to offer an economic solution for service vehicles, ridesharing vehicles, and last-mile delivery vehicles that can benefit from low cost of ownership and sustainable transportation,” said in a statement Mike Jones, Director of Chassis Engineering, Karma Automotive.
“The Everyday BEV platform provides a host of benefits over traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles including adherence to clean air zones for city driving and quieter transport for passengers.”
To our knowledge, Karma is yet to find a partner to share or sell one of the E-Flex platforms to. It might not be long until it does, though, given how hungry the industry is for solutions that could prove much cheaper than designing something from scratch.
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