Honda and GM to promote the commonization of pure electric vehicle parts

Release time:

2021-09-13

Honda will provide GM with design information on the car's chassis, which GM can use to sell cars with essentially the same structure. Generally speaking, it costs 50 billion yen to develop a pure electric car. Honda and GM have a unified chassis, which can also realize the commonization of motors, batteries and inverters. In addition to reducing the development cost of the chassis, the procurement cost will also be reduced by ordering a large number of the same parts. If the basic design and core components are unified, the main difference between Honda and the general vehicle body will be the appearance and interior. In the field of large-scale pure electric vehicles, Honda will share GM's development results.

Japanese media: Honda and GM will promote the commonization of pure electric vehicle parts

Compared with gasoline vehicles, pure electric vehicles have a simple structure. In order to cope with the competition of cross-border enterprises, existing automobile manufacturers need to take the lead by expanding the scale and cutting costs. Honda and GM will aim to promote the commonization of parts for pure electric vehicles sold in North America.

According to the report, Honda will provide GM with design information on the car's chassis, which GM can use to sell cars with essentially the same structure. Generally speaking, it costs 50 billion yen to develop a pure electric car. Honda and GM have a unified chassis, which can also realize the commonization of motors, batteries and inverters. In addition to reducing the development cost of the chassis, the procurement cost will also be reduced by ordering a large number of the same parts. If the basic design and core components are unified, the main difference between Honda and the general vehicle body will be the appearance and interior. In the field of large-scale pure electric vehicles, Honda will share GM's development results.

(Source: Nikkei Chinese Network)