The EV skateboard: The innovation that’s redefining the auto industry

When you think about a ground-up design for an electric vehicle, the skateboard is the obvious choice, the obvious solution,” Borroni-Bird, GM’s former director of advanced technology vehicle concepts, told Automotive News. “You lower the center of gravity, improve road-holding, have more freedom in design, you get better crash protection for the front of the vehicle, and there’s more storage, so it creates a lot of benefits.