Volkswagen MEB Platform

The Volkswagen Group MEB platform (german: Modularer E-Antriebs-Baukasten; English: ''modular electric-drive toolkit'') is a modular car platform for electric cars developed by the Volkswagen Group and its subsidiaries.Julian Rendell
Skoda electric vehicle under development
'' Autocar''. Published on March 16, 2016. It is used in models of Audi, SEAT, Å koda and Volkswagen. 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 battery electric vehicles 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
''Fortune''. 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 Zwickau 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 Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2022. The Škoda-branded SUV Vision E is produced in the Škoda plant in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic, 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.

Ford Motor Company has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen for the MEB platform to benefit from economies of scale. Ford plans to build MEB cars by 2023.

Applications

Production vehicles

*Audi Q4 e-tron (2021–present)
*Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron (2021–present)
*Audi Q5 e-tron (2021–present)
* Cupra Born (2021–present)
*Škoda Enyaq iV (2020–present)
* Škoda Enyaq Coupé iV (2021–present)
*Volkswagen ID.3 (2019–present)
* Volkswagen ID.4 (2020–present)
*Volkswagen ID.5 (2021–present)
*Volkswagen ID.6 (2021–present)
*Volkswagen ID. Buzz (2022–present)
*Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo (2022–present)

File:2021 Audi Q4 e-tron Sport 35.jpg, Audi Q4 e-tron
File:Cupra Born IAA 2021 1X7A0212.jpg, Cupra Born
File:Skoda Enyaq iV 80 – f1 03052021 (colour corrected).jpg, Škoda Enyaq
File:2020 Volkswagen ID.3 1st Front (1).jpg, Volkswagen ID.3
File:2020 Volkswagen ID.4 Pro (Netherlands) front view.jpg, Volkswagen ID.4
File:Volkswagen ID.6 Crozz 001.jpg, Volkswagen ID.6
File:2022 Volkswagen ID.Buzz at NYIAS 2022, front right.jpg, Volkswagen ID. Buzz

Concept vehicles

* Cupra Urban Rebel
*Cupra Tavascan
* Volkswagen ID. Aero/ID. 7
* Volkswagen ID. Vizzion
* Volkswagen ID. Buggy
* Volkswagen ID. Space Vizzion
*Volkswagen ID. Life

File:Cupra Tavascan at IAA 2019 IMG 0790.jpg, Cupra Tavascan
File:Volkswagen Press Conference, Le Grand-Saconnex (1X7A9944).jpg, Volkswagen ID. Vizzion
File:VW ID. Buggy, GIMS 2019, Le Grand-Saconnex (GIMS0378).jpg, Volkswagen ID. Buggy
File:Volkswagen ID.Life Concept IAA 2021 1X7A0070.jpg, Volkswagen ID. Life

Electric motor

APP 310

The MEB platform is supported by the APP 310 electric motor, which is a permanent magnet brushless motor. Fully developed by Volkswagen, the name "APP" derives from the arrangement of the motor and the gearbox in parallel with the axle, 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 Kassel, Germany and Tianjin, China, while the rotor and stator are produced in Salzgitter, Germany. The two plants will produce up to 1.4 million electric motors each year from 2023 onwards.

See also

* Volkswagen ID. series
* Volkswagen Group Premium Platform Electric - a similar platform for premium cars
* Volkswagen Group Scalable Systems Platform - a similar platform to be introduced from 2026
* List of Volkswagen Group platforms
* Hyundai E-GMP - a similar multi-vehicle electric platform

References

External links

Volkswagen Group corporate website

{{Volkswagen Group brands

Electric vehicle platforms
MEB platform