Karma continues to introduce new versions of their E-Flex platform and their latest is a value-focused variant known as the “Everyday BEV.”
Since this version of the architecture is designed to underpin affordable electric vehicles, it’s a lot more basic than other variants. In particular, the Everyday BEV platform is front-wheel drive and only accommodates a single electric motor.
The platform has also been designed to house an 80 kWh battery pack that is flat and mounted beneath the floor. Unfortunately, the company didn’t say how powerful the electric motor is or how far vehicles based on the architecture could travel. Of course, an insider has claimed previous specifications provided by Karma are “all made up numbers,” so perhaps it’s for the best.
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Karma didn’t mention plans for production, but said the platform will provide an “economic total cost of ownership” and “low cost-per-mile performance.” That’s pretty vague, but they said the architecture could be used to underpin consumer and commercial vehicles ranging from everyday sedans to delivery vehicles.
According to Karma’s Director of Chassis Engineering, their “goal in creating the Everyday BEV platform was to offer an economic solution for service vehicles, ride-sharing vehicles, and last-mile delivery vehicles that can benefit from low cost of ownership and sustainable transportation.” Mike Jones went on to say “The Everyday BEV platform provides a host of benefits over traditional internal combustion engine vehicles including adherence to clean air zones for city driving and quieter transport for passengers.”
That sounds like Karma is more interested in selling the architecture than actually building vehicles based on it. The company seemed to back up this sentiment as they said by “using the Karma E-Flex Platform, vehicle manufacturers can optimize development costs to engineer, test, certify and build an EREV or BEV platform, allowing electrification of their products with greater speed and efficiency.”
