The floors, the platforms, are the heart of the cars. The “base” (in every sense) on which today an infinite series of models are built, often of different brands, immolated on the altar of synergies. But there is always little talk of these platforms. With some exceptions, however: Nissan unveils everything on its new Cmf-EV platform for electric vehicles, making its debut on Nissan Ariya, daughter of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. It is clear that an endless series of new cars will be built from this base.
Nissan’s “magical flying carpet” for the electric cars of tomorrow
A platform so important that it now also has a nickname: the “magic flying carpet”, due to its extreme versatility and the immense possibilities offered to planners and designers. Let’s talk, just to understand each other, about the absence of the central tunnel, the air conditioning “chest of drawers” with the heat pump placed at the front end of the car and the positions of the front and rear seats: all this leaves the designers a freedom never seen before. to manage the available space. And the car can become a living room, have a movable center console or modular seats. Not only that: you can then mount LCD screens at will.
The floor of the Nissan Ariya
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“The Cmf-EV platform – explain the Japanese technicians – gives shape to the concept of“ open floor ”, with a flat configuration and housings for the electric motors located near the front and rear axles. The battery packs have been designed to be very thin and provide structural support for the car. The versatility of the platform allows customers to choose between various engine and transmission combinations, including a single electric motor configuration with two wheel drive or double electric motor and a Nissan all-wheel drive system (called “e-4Orce”). which – they conclude – regulates the driving force and action of the brake on the four wheels and guarantees brilliant performance and extreme control, to better tackle any type of track and surface “.
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In short, thanks to the “magic flying carpet” and the new floors, now all car manufacturers have a design freedom never seen before. And not only with regard to the layout of the passenger compartment, its shape and its spaces: the weight balance can also be varied at will, thus giving the car a more or less sporty behavior, depending on the needs required by the model or by the clientele.
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