Standardization makes mule car construction faster and cheaper
The turnaround in car powertrains - the move away from combustion engines in favor of electrified vehicles - is leading to changes in automotive development. Established manufacturers are focusing on new platforms and numerous newcomers are entering the market. As a result, there is a growing demand for mule cars, which cannot be based on "donor vehicles" from previous models, but have to be completely redesigned.
As a rule, this means a lot of manual work, a lot of time and high costs. This is because only a very small number of these vehicles are produced - the expenditure for tools to manufacture individual parts, for example, is therefore not spread over a large number of cars as in series production. At the same time, any delay in the race for a rapid sales launch hurts - in a rapidly developing market, late entry can mean falling behind technically.
Interest in ways to make this development step more efficient is correspondingly high. EDAG's mule car concept shows how the effort involved can be significantly reduced both in terms of costs and production time. In addition, the solution provider offers comprehensive support services - both upstream and downstream - which can be used to leverage further efficiency potential as part of integrated development.
Details can be found in our white paper "More efficiency in the construction of mule cars and related development steps", which you can download here.