Chass - e - Cab

蔡斯-e- cab项目建立在之前多个研发项目的基础上，将新型多材料白车身技术应用于创新的轻型商用车平台。该项目将提供一个灵活、可配置、可扩展的零排放电动汽车平台，专为商业、最后一英里和专业应用而设计，包括公共服务和蓝光应急服务。该项目基于已经证明的通用零排放电动pace平台，专注于整合一种新颖创新的方法，以创造轻型商用车驾驶室和车身结构。它采用多材料方法，将复合编织结构和半结构部件与金属结构结合在一起，无论哪种结构最合适。它将展示出显著的车辆级优势，特别是在最大有效载荷、范围扩展和通过减轻重量降低能耗方面。这将通过优化的结构复合材料部件取代传统的白色金属部件来实现。复合材料部件可以设计成最佳的承重配置，这在金属中是不可能的，同时还可以减少零件数量、相关工具要求、材料清单成本和生产线组装时间。主要目标如下：开发轻量化复合白车身技术，优化不受约束的编织截面形式、组件几何形状、减少零件数量、减轻重量和降低装配/制造时间所带来的收益。制造一辆具有代表性的蔡斯-e- cab电动商用车，通过展示优化的有效载荷、效率/里程效益、成本效益以及多种商业和蓝光应用机会，为所有合作伙伴提供可利用的物理输出。这种优化的零排放、可配置的平台，具有轻量化的车身系统，为制造商和专业车辆转换器提供了一种可行的经济高效的解决方案，最大限度地提高了车辆的有效载荷、效率和续航里程，同时提供真正量身定制的车辆，以完全满足客户的要求。

The Chass-e-Cab project builds upon multiple previous R&D projects, applying novel multi-material body-in-white technologies to an innovative, lightweight commercial vehicle platform.This project will deliver a flexible, configurable, and scalable zero emission electric vehicle platform designed for commercial, last mile and specialist applications including public service and blue light emergency services.Based on the already proven and versatile zero emission electric PACES platform, the project is focused on the integration of a novel and innovative approach to creating a lightweight commercial vehicle cab and body structures. It uses a multi-material approach, combining composite braided structural and semi-structural components, with metallic structures, wherever either is most appropriate. It will demonstrate significant vehicle-level benefits, particularly in relation to maximising payload, range extension and reduced energy consumption through weight reduction.This will be delivered through optimised structural composite components replacing traditional body in white metallic components. The composite parts can be designed with optimal load-bearing configurations, not possible in metal, along with delivering a reduction in part-count, associated tooling requirements, bill of materials cost and production line assembly time.The primary objectives are as follows:1\. Develop the lightweight composite body-in-white technology, optimising gains achievable from unconstrained braided section form, component geometry, reducing part count, saving weight, and lowering assembly/build time.2\. Manufacture a representative Chass-e-Cab electric commercial vehicle, providing exploitable physical output for all partners by demonstrating the optimised payload, efficiency/range benefits, cost effectiveness and multiple commercial and blue light application opportunities available.This optimised zero-emission, configurable platform with lightweight body system provides a viable cost-effective solution for manufacturers and specialist vehicle converters, maximising vehicle payload, efficiency and range, while delivering truly tailored bespoke vehicles to exactly match demanding customer specifications.