Platform

Imagine how much faster and easier it would be to produce electric cars if you didn't have to design or build the chassis and drivetrain. That's the idea behind so-called "skateboard chassis," such as the soon-to-hit-the-roads UP Super Board.

EV manufacturers have largely landed on the skateboard chassis as the way to house the battery, but Page-Roberts has different ideas. Is its seat-splitting vertical battery design the future of electric vehicles?

Williams Advanced Engineering is demonstrating its versatility with a new electric platform concept. Dubbed FW-EVX, the chassis has been designed to make electric vehicles lighter, safer and more efficient.

SpaceX has confirmed that it will not only attempt a powered landing of the Falcon 9 booster on Friday after the CRS-5 mission launch, but will do so as a precision landing on a robotic sea barge.

Most of the world's manufacturers have decided that flexible, modular platforms are the way of the future. Volvo is keen to get in on the action with its Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), which will debut in the upcoming XC90 SUV and then extend across the Swedish manufacturer's range.

A 7,300 lb (3,311 kg) floating skateboard ramp has been installed on Lake Tahoe as part of Visit California's Dream365 tourism campaign. The ramp took four days and 300 man hours to complete before it was lowered into the Californian lake and put to the test by pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist.