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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
I think that two things happened. Either they saw first hand the science behind climate change and the influence of transportation industries on the climate, or they saw the potential for properly developed skateboard platforms to reduce the significant expense of developing multiple vehicle platforms to support their vehicle portfolios. GM will use two platforms for their entire portfolio. Two. And they will use Lego set combinations of three electric motor types and two or three drive units and a modular battery scheme.
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I agree in part. They used the always changing climate science as a springboard to get them to a simpler/reduced platform set. Long term benefits given the chips fall where expected.
Btw, do you happen to know if the VSS platforms were cancelled? It seems to be the case.