Volkswagen will develop an MEB electric toolkit (Baukasten) for future use in compact segment vehicles based on the experience gained with
existing vehicle architectures.
Not exact matches
But a new
architecture is complex and expensive, which is why the brand is instead inclined to modify an
existing vehicle built in an
existing facility.
The latest car sits on Renault's «Common Module Family» or CMF
vehicle architecture, which has allowed Renault to develop the Megane far beyond the capabilities of the
existing model, both mechanically and technologically.
Known internally under the codename EVA (electric
vehicle architecture), it has been conceived to allow the new model to be built alongside the car maker's conventional compact car models in the same factories that produce the
existing A-Class, B - Class, CLA, CLA Shooting Brake and GLA.