The One:1 has a traditional handbrake but for the Regera – and I’m guessing all future Koenigseggs – you’re switching to an E-brake like most major manufacturers. What’s the benefit of that in your opinion? I’m asking because the functionality is hardly the same, and I’m trying to figure out why are we losing proper handbrakes almost as quickly as manual transmissions.(Jalopnik.com)
CvK: The main reason for getting rid of the manual handbrake is packaging in the interior. We have limited space inside the car and the E-brake gives us more flexibility, which is important when you have a battery pack to consider and you want to offer a more luxurious interior. With a mechanical handbrake you have cables going from the interior, they have to be routed around the engine and to the wheels. It’s a very hot area so you have to make space, have appropriate insulation, etc. It’s cumbersome and it’s in the way.
We’re going to do what Tesla has done, which I haven’t seen anyone else do as yet: we won’t even have a handbrake switch in the car. When you stop the car and put it in park, the handbrake will be on. You won’t forget it and you won’t forget to release it when you drive off again. It’s a better, safer way that works for our vehicle packaging and it’s not annoying the way other e-brakes with fiddly switches can be.
OK, you can’t do handbrake turns anymore but that’s not going to be much of an issue. The owner can just floor it instead and powerslide through the corner :). Or maybe we could develop a button for handbrake turns?
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
1st The Standard Transmission, Now The Traditional E-Brake
The Man Behind Koenigsegg Explains Why The Handbrake Is Dying
Economies Of Scale - Automotive Edition
What Does 'Economies Of Scale' Mean, And Why Is It Important To Cars?
Economies of scale is an aspect of economics that explains the way the cost of an individual product can be reduced by producing lots of it
Economies of scale is a fairly simple concept, but it’s a key player in how manufacturers build cars that don’t cost the consumer a small fortune to buy. The basic principle is that larger companies can reduce the cost of each individual unit it produces by spreading the cost across a larger output.
Economies of scale continues to be a vital aspect of vehicle manufacture, and modern car manufacturers’ use of platform sharing is a great example of that. By creating underpinnings that can be used across multiple cars, they save on the cost of building individual platforms with unique parts.
Probably the best known example of this is by Volkswagen Group, and in particular its MQB platform which underpins everything from the Skoda Octavia to the Volkswagen Touran and even the Audi TT. VAG has the added bonus of having this platform run across a number of different brands, allowing it to charge less for Skoda cars on the platform, while charging more for premium vehicles like the Audi TT, all without spending more on its platform. Cheeky. But clever.
(CarThrottle.com)
Economies of scale is an aspect of economics that explains the way the cost of an individual product can be reduced by producing lots of it
Economies of scale is a fairly simple concept, but it’s a key player in how manufacturers build cars that don’t cost the consumer a small fortune to buy. The basic principle is that larger companies can reduce the cost of each individual unit it produces by spreading the cost across a larger output.
Economies of scale continues to be a vital aspect of vehicle manufacture, and modern car manufacturers’ use of platform sharing is a great example of that. By creating underpinnings that can be used across multiple cars, they save on the cost of building individual platforms with unique parts.
Probably the best known example of this is by Volkswagen Group, and in particular its MQB platform which underpins everything from the Skoda Octavia to the Volkswagen Touran and even the Audi TT. VAG has the added bonus of having this platform run across a number of different brands, allowing it to charge less for Skoda cars on the platform, while charging more for premium vehicles like the Audi TT, all without spending more on its platform. Cheeky. But clever.
(CarThrottle.com)
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
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