VW's MEB platform: a modularity enabler

Volkswagen's MEB, an in-development chassis designed strictly for electric propulsion, enables a modular battery layout that can provide a Volkswagen Group electric vehicle (EV) with an estimated 200-mile to 300-mile (322-km to 483-km) driving range. Slated to debut in 2022 as the underpinnings for EVs produced in North America at the automaker's Chattanooga, Tennessee assembly plant, VW's MEB is intended for compact to midsize A- and B-class vehicles.

“What we're investing in with MEB is a dedicated platform for electric vehicles to achieve packaging efficiency, more cabin space and more energy,” Matthew Renna, Vice President of the E-Mobility Product Line for Volkswagen North American Region, said during a recent MEB workshop for media in Chicago.