Automotive Black Technology Chapter 1138: : CLAR rear-wheel drive platform!

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The platform Li Fanyu thought of was the famous B-CLAR.

This English abbreviation may sound strange, but if you say the full name, then it is easier to understand - clusterarchitecture, BMW!

It means, BMW modular rear-drive platform.

In the time and space before the course of automobile history changed, all BMW models were derived from two platforms. The first one is the UKL platform, which is a front-engine driven modular platform. BMW's models include mini, 1 series, and X1 late model, all of which are based on this platform.

However, because the emergence of this platform is mainly to occupy the low-end market, and the positioning of the platform itself is contrary to BMW's design and development philosophy, this platform is not essentially a platform that can be called successful.

The other one, the CLAR platform, is amazing.

What is the platform? A platform is actually a complete set of solutions, and its essence is the sharing of some basic design standards. Therefore, even if cars developed by different brands using the same platform, there will still be uneven quality.

So how do you evaluate whether a platform is good enough?

Take out all the derivative models of the same brand that use this platform and look at it vertically. If the quality and user experience of all models derived from this platform are good, then it will be a real success.

Then the question arises - who is this CLAR?

Then according to the previous evaluation criteria, list the derivative models of the CLAR platform within the same brand.

Take CLAR’s natal brand BMW as an example.

BMW 3 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series. X3, X4, X5, X6... Basically, all the models that people can see on the market that can embody the essence of BMW are all based on this platform!

What is the essence of BMW? Without a doubt, control!

The full meaning of the CLAR platform is expanded to mean a lightweight rear-drive module platform. So rear-wheel drive and lightweight are the core concepts of this platform.

In the time and space before the course of automobile history changed, BMW and Mercedes-Benz had been fighting to the death for the top spot in high-end models. Especially the battle for flagship luxury models is a life-and-death battle.

Among them, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and the BMW 7 Series are the most direct battles in the battle for the German giants. Before 2015, because Mercedes-Benz S has always been positioned as a luxury car, it can be said that the BMW 7 Series was unable to fight back. All over the world, this model is positioned as a luxury model, but the sales of models from BMW, which has always been famous for its sports, are dismal and dismal.

But after 2015, after the new generation of the BMW 7 Series, everything finally ushered in a slight change.

This change is brought about by the CLAR platform.

Compared with the previous old 7 Series, the biggest improvement of the new 7 Series is the use of carbon fiber structure chassis and frame. As early as 2015, the 7 Series' innovative composite body composed of carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRP), aluminum and steel won the "2015 European Car Body Award" at the 15th Global Car Body Benchmark Conference, with a score of 41.87 points. With a total score of 50 points, it is the highest score ever.

Needless to say the benefits of carbon fiber materials. Because of its ultra-high strength and ultra-light weight, this expensive material is widely used in the fields of aerospace, military industry, racing cars, and super sports cars. The 7 Series uses carbon fiber structure, which is an innovation for mass-produced cars. The body structure of the 7 Series wraps carbon fiber materials in the middle of steel materials to form a sandwich structure, which greatly reduces the weight of the frame while also gaining higher strength. The 7 Series has lost more than 130kg as a result.

Combining sports with luxury, the new 7 Series finally gets out of the deadlock with luxury and appears in front of the world with a brand new look. With luxurious and high-tech internal configurations, this large car with a body of more than five meters has demonstrated controllability that is difficult to match for any luxury sedan.

Although this is of no use to the sales of the new 7 Series, at least BMW has found its position through this car.

However, the foundation for all this is the CLAR platform.

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Like the 7 Series, the new 5 Series in that time and space is also a derivative of the CLAR platform. But the same platform has different fates. The new 5 Series, which has already had strong sales, has seen its sales take off again after the introduction of lightweight and handling upgrades.

Not to mention the mainstay of the BMW family, the 3 Series has the best handling experience among cars in its class.

To sum up, CLAR is an excellent enough platform.

This platform can extend from B-class cars such as the 3 Series to the 6 Series, 7 Series and even SUV models such as the X3 and X5. Another notable feature of it is its strong inclusiveness.

This is quite gratifying for the current Li Fanyu or the current Zhengxin.

Seeing the familiar expression on Li Fanyu's face, Xu Fufang already knew that the genius in front of him had something to worry about.

"Brother Fan, have you thought of something? Tell me?" Xu Fufang leaned forward and asked.

Li Fanyu nodded and smiled, "I just had some ideas about the platform. But now I don't know how to organize it."

Xu Fufang hissed, "Isn't this like your usual style?"

Hey, hey,

Li Fanyu chuckled in his heart.

In fact, if it were only the CLAR platform, for him who fully understood the technical characteristics of this platform, had complete product data in the vehicle model database, and had ultra-high design capabilities, it would be a piece of cake to push it back.

But the current situation of Zhengxin is very different from that of BMW in the previous time and space. Although the current BMW owned by Zhengxin is largely derived from the BMW of the previous time and space, as a pure new energy brand, it has undergone earth-shaking changes in nature.

It would be inappropriate to completely copy the CLAR platform again.

Adapting measures to local conditions, adapting to the times, and making full use of existing resources is the way to go. After such a long period of development, it is no longer in line with Zhengxin's style to completely copy the technologies and models from the previous time and space into this world.

Li Fanyu, who has led a large group forward bravely for such a long time, understands this more clearly than ever before.

"Brother Nafan, should we establish a project or not for the research and development of the platform? You also know that in order to cooperate with this round of the group's big layout, our R&D center has a tight schedule and heavy tasks. There are too many things, what should we do? It needs to be decided immediately and started immediately.”

Li Fanyu smiled slightly, "We must start. I just said that I haven't organized all the ideas yet."

As he spoke, he stood up and waved to Xu Fufang;

"Let's go, Herbal Medicine. Go notify your people, and Wang Rui's side. If I want to build this platform, I need the technology from the FE event!"