Why it's reality check time for the EV skateboard chassis


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The money you need to spend to a develop a new platform is mind blowing," Twohig told Automotive News Europe. Working with a partner or getting the platform or running chassis from a third party is also unlikely to dilute the brand. But the idea that customers can simply plug their own body on top of someone else's skateboard running chasis is simplistic in the extreme, Twohig believes. Connecting the body to the chassis is another problem for skateboard designs, he added. The rise of the skateboard pitch is connected to the need of startups to raise money, Cazes believes.