The Volkswagen Group MEB platform (german: Modularer E-Antriebs-Baukasten; English: ''modular electric-drive toolkit'') is a modular

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for

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s developed by the

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and its subsidiaries.Julian Rendell
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and

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. The architecture is aimed to "consolidate electronic controls and reduce the number of microprocessors, advance the application of new driver-assistance technology and somewhat alter the way cars are built" by the VW Group.

Plans

The MEB platform is part of a Volkswagen strategy to start production of new

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s between 2019 and 2025. In 2017, the VW Group announced a gradual transition from combustion engine to battery electric vehicles with all 300 models across 12 brands having an electric version by 2030. As of May 2018, the VW Group had committed in electric-vehicle batteries suppliesVW doubles its electric vehicle battery contracts to $48 billion
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''. May 3, 2018. and announced plans to outfit 16 factories to build electric cars by the end of 2022. The Volkswagen-branded production cars started to be assembled in VW's

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plant in Germany for the European market at the end of 2019, while two plants in North America and China started production in 2020 and

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in 2022. The Škoda-branded SUV Vision E is produced in the Škoda plant in

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, along with electric motors and electric car batteries. , two types of the MEB platform were slated to be developed: one for passenger vehicles and one for utility automobiles that accommodate heavier cargo. VW also stated that the platform would be available for procurement to competitor manufacturers.

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has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen for the MEB platform to benefit from

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. Ford plans to build MEB cars by 2023.

Applications

Production vehicles

Audi Q4 e-tron The Audi Q4 e-tron is a battery electric compact luxury crossover SUV produced by Audi. It is based on Volkswagen Group's electric MEB platform and is the fourth fully-electric model in the Audi e-tron series after the Audi e-tron, e-tron G ...

(2021–present) *

Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron The Audi Q4 e-tron is a battery electric compact luxury crossover SUV produced by Audi. It is based on Volkswagen Group's electric MEB platform and is the fourth fully-electric model in the Audi e-tron series after the Audi e-tron, e-tron G ...

(2021–present) *

Audi Q5 e-tron The Audi Q5 e-tron is a battery electric mid-size luxury crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by Audi through the SAIC-VW joint venture in China. Based on the MEB platform, it is the fifth battery electric model in the Audi e-tron ser ...

(2021–present) *

Cupra Born The Cupra Born is a battery electric compact car/small family car (C-segment) marketed by SEAT through its performance-oriented Cupra marque. Initially unveiled as the SEAT el-Born concept in 2019, the production car was revealed in May 2021 as t ...

(2021–present) *

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(2020–present) * Škoda Enyaq Coupé iV (2021–present) *

Volkswagen ID.3 The Volkswagen ID.3 is a battery electric small family car (C-segment) produced by Volkswagen since 2019. It is the first production car to utilize the MEB platform, and the first model of the ID. series. It was unveiled on 9 September 2019 at ...

(2019–present) *

Volkswagen ID.4 The Volkswagen ID.4 and Volkswagen ID.5 are battery electric compact crossover SUVs produced by Volkswagen. Based on the MEB platform, the ID.4 is the second model of the Volkswagen ID. series. The production version of the ID.4 debuted in Sep ...

(2020–present) *

Volkswagen ID.5 The Volkswagen ID.4 and Volkswagen ID.5 are battery electric compact crossover SUVs produced by Volkswagen. Based on the MEB platform, the ID.4 is the second model of the Volkswagen ID. series. The production version of the ID.4 debuted in Sep ...

(2021–present) *

Volkswagen ID.6 The Volkswagen ID.6 is a Battery electric vehicle, battery electric mid-size crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by Volkswagen in China from 2021. It is based on the Volkswagen Group MEB platform, MEB platform, and part of the Volkswagen ...

(2021–present) * Volkswagen ID. Buzz (2022–present) *

Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo The Volkswagen ID. Buzz is a battery electric minivan produced by German manufacturer Volkswagen. Based on the dedicated battery electric MEB platform, it is the first production electric minivan from Volkswagen and part of the Volkswagen ID. ...

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Concept vehicles

* Cupra Urban Rebel *

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Volkswagen ID. Aero The Volkswagen ID. series is a family of Battery electric vehicle, battery electric cars from Volkswagen (VW), built on the Volkswagen Group MEB platform, MEB platform (German: ''Modularer E-Antriebs-Baukasten;'' English'': modular electric-driv ...

/ID. 7 * Volkswagen ID. Vizzion *

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Electric motor

APP 310

The MEB platform is supported by the APP 310

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, which is a permanent magnet brushless motor. Fully developed by Volkswagen, the name "APP" derives from the arrangement of the motor and the

gearbox Propulsion transmission is the mode of transmitting and controlling propulsion power of a machine. The term ''transmission'' properly refers to the whole drivetrain, including clutch, gearbox, prop shaft (for rear-wheel drive vehicles), differe ...

in parallel with the

axle An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In the former case, bearing ...

, while "310" references its maximum torque of . Maximum torque is achieved at a low engine speed, which means that a 1-speed gearbox is sufficient for the entire rotational speed range. Together with the gearbox, the motor weighs only around . The motor is produced at component sites in

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, Germany and

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, China, while the

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and

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are produced in

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, Germany. The two plants will produce up to 1.4 million electric motors each year from 2023 onwards.

References

External links

Volkswagen Group corporate website
{{Volkswagen Group brands Electric vehicle platforms

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Plans

Applications

Production vehicles

Concept vehicles

Electric motor

APP 310

See also

References

External links