{"id":13143,"date":"2023-06-19T13:56:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1397470"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:56:57","slug":"this-factory-in-a-box-promises-affordable-ev-production-anywhere-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=13143","title":{"rendered":"This \u2018factory in a box\u2019 promises affordable EV production anywhere in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Helixx<\/a> has a unique vision of urban mobility. The British startup has engineered a range of affordable electric vehicles. The company also designed a manufacturing system for the EVs. But Helixx doesn\u2019t plan to actually build the cars. Instead, it wants Helixx customers to build them.<\/p>\n

At first glance, that may look like a lazy strategy. But the pitch has an intriguing foundation: a \u201cfactory in a box\u201d that clients use to produce cheap EVs from almost anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

The project promises rapid results. According to Helixx, the system can take a local business from an empty building to finished vehicles in just 180 days.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Helixx concept applies the McDonald\u2019s franchise model to vehicle production.<\/p>\n

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The digital production ecosystem is supplied to businesses, entrepreneurs, and local governments<\/span> as a manufacturing license. The licensees then become the official vehicle manufacturers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt removes the need to know how to manufacture vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To start the process, Helixx designs the factories \u2014 called mobility hubs \u2014 around the customer\u2019s market demands, space allocations, and budgets. The software platform then aggregates the necessary assets, including architectural support, digital operations platform, processes, and training.<\/p>\n

Helixx also provides the infrastructure, equipment, robotics, and IT systems.  All of this is installed and commissioned to the startup\u2019s cloud within six months \u2014 ready for the hub to begin assembly.<\/p>\n

Once a hub is operational, it becomes fully integrated into the Helixx ecosystem. An app then manages the entire end-to-end process, from customer orders to component procurement and delivery.<\/p>\n

As the entire process takes place within a single environment, clients bypass the costs and complexities of developing both vehicles and manufacturing systems. Steve Pegg, the CEO of Helixx, said this approach democratises EV<\/a> production. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe aim.. is to remove the necessity for <\/span>Helixx<\/span> <\/span>licensees to know how to manufacture vehicles, as this is all managed by the intelligent technology platform,\u201d Pegg told TNW. \u201cAs the platform matures, so will the product portfolio, with <\/span>Helixx<\/span> <\/span>adding further vehicles in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>Helixx cofounder Steve Pegg and the company\u2019s four vehicles (top to bottom: the open-body TUK, the TRUCK pick-up, the closed-body RIDE, and the CARGO delivery van). Credit: Helixx<\/figcaption>