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Originally Posted by mkoesel
I mean, its just a bunch of words with no details or diagrams of the actual vehicle platform itself. So it's impossible to tell, really (IMHO).
That said, CLAR-WE means CLuseter ARchitecture With Electric, and the words you quote from that press release are:
"Our new cluster architecture is geared towards electric drive trains."
Hence we are back where we started. Which is, like I said in my first post, there are strong indicators that all the flowery language is really just describing an electric evolution of CLAR, and not an all new vehicle architecture.
Having said all of that, it is very reasonable to ask how much any of it really matters and how much is just hair splitting. I don't think the answer to that is fully known yet. But... you look at the technology coming from companies like Rivian, and even GM's BEV3, and it's hard not to compare. A skateboard sure seems like a more flexible approach than something with a firewall and A pillar - even a non-fixed one - built into the rolling chassis.
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I lack your knowledge and am unsure how to understand "BEV Centric" but evolution seems logical before eventual all new for all electric.