Global and China Skateboard Chassis Industry Report 2024-2025: Market Fades in Overseas Markets, While it Begins to Come to the Fore in China - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Skateboard chassis research: already used in 8 production models, and larger-scale production expected beyond 2025

Global and China Skateboard Chassis Industry Report, 2024-2025 combs through and summarizes the status quo, installation, and suppliers' product layout of skateboard chassis, and also predicts its future development trends. This article will interpret the status quo of the industry from three perspectives: OEMs, suppliers, and the capital market.

Skateboard chassis fades in overseas markets, while it begins to come to the fore in China.

As giants Arrival and Canoo exit, skateboard chassis cools down in overseas markets.

In January 2024, Arrival, a prominent British skateboard chassis player, received a delisting notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market. In February 2024, the company filed for bankruptcy protection and eventually sold its assets to another startup, Canoo. Yet Canoo's car making dreams also came to an abrupt end this year. As the global pioneer of the model of making cars with skateboard chassis, Canoo launched pickups, sedans, and LDVs for freight, and successfully delivered products to renowned institutions such as National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US Department of Defense, and the US Postal Service. It signed cooperation agreements with companies like Walmart. However, on January 17, 2025, Canoo announced that it had filed for bankruptcy protection and ceased operations immediately.

The exits of Arrival and Canoo, two skateboard chassis OEM giants, not only signify the end of their car making dreams but also indicate the development of skateboard chassis has a setback in the Western market.

Although skateboard chassis has cooled in overseas markets, several Chinese OEMs are still working to deploy skateboard chassis technology. They not only have had multiple production models equipped with skateboard chassis technology, but unveiled several new models featuring this technology in 2024.

Multiple Chinese OEMs deploy skateboard chassis technology, small-scale production for light commercial vehicles expected during 2025-2026.

According to incomplete statistics, about 14 models featuring skateboard chassis technology debuted in 2024, mainly light commercial vehicles planned for mass production during 2025-2026. In the passenger car segment, the model NIO S Liezhuang CIIC800V is currently planned to adopt skateboard chassis technology.

In China, 8 production models have already adopted skateboard chassis technology, of which most are light commercial vehicles such as logistics vehicle, light bus, and light truck, and a few are heavy trucks and passenger cars.

2023 to Early 2025: 7 suppliers secured 15 funding rounds, raising over RMB1.6 billion.

The train of financing events highlights the capital market's great attention to and support for the skateboard chassis segment. On one hand, the highly integrated and modular design of skateboard chassis can effectively shorten R&D cycles and reduce costs for automakers, aligning with the current trend towards intelligence and electrification in the automotive industry. On the other hand, its application potential in logistics, sanitation, public transport, and other fields is immense, making it a promising market. The influx of capital will further drive innovation and iteration in skateboard chassis technology, and accelerate commercialization of related companies, giving a big boost to the entire industry.

While skateboard chassis face challenges in overseas markets, it thrives in China. The reasons for this contrast include low penetration of new energy vehicles, insufficient policy support, and high supply chain costs overseas. The boom in China is credited to policy support, a mature supply chain, capital favor, and rapid technological iteration.

In addition to OEMs which vigorously make layout, the capital market has also shown strong enthusiasm, with high confidence in skateboard chassis:

• Skateboard chassis technology solution suppliers making layout in low-speed autonomous vehicles: both TEEMO Technology and ECAR Tech closed three funding rounds between 2023 and 2025, and PIX Moving closed its B1 funding round in December 2024.
• Skateboard chassis technology solution suppliers making layout in commercial vehicles: SuperPanther and HLONG Technology closed a total of four funding rounds between 2024 and 2025, three of which were secured by SuperPanther.
• U Power, which covers passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and low-speed autonomous vehicles, closed two funding rounds between 2023 and 2024.
• ITBOX, oriented to business mobility and creating exclusive models for taxi, ride-hailing, special vehicle, and rental markets, closed two funding rounds in 2023.

Skateboard chassis solution suppliers target end scenarios, with multiple models in operation.

Skateboard chassis technology suppliers such as REE, PIX Moving, TEEMO Technology, ECAR Tech, and Seektop Automobile primarily apply their products to last-mile scenarios, including autonomous retail vehicles, autonomous cleaning robots, and autonomous logistics vehicles. Take PIX Moving and TEEMO Technology as examples:

In December 2024, PIX Moving, TIS, and the Hot Okinawa Research Institute formed a partnership. In this collaboration, TIS is responsible for introduction and planning, PIX Moving provides autonomous vehicles and technology, the Hot Okinawa Research Institute operates autonomous retail services, and Kanucha Resort (a resort in Nago City, Okinawa) provides application scenarios. PIX's autonomous retail vehicle Robo-Shop (eagle wing door version) has been put into operation in Okinawa, Japan, offering innovative unmanned mobile retail services to tourists. It can be intelligently dispatched according to tourist flow, automatically moving to crowded areas to sell snacks, beverages, and other goods, and supporting cashless payments.

TEEMO Technology's AutoBots-W7 mid-size intelligent skateboard chassis is designed for medium- and low-speed autonomous MPVs which are applicable to scenarios such as urban and campus delivery, unmanned logistics, factory logistics, and urban and rural sanitation. Its commercially produced skateboard chassis, AutoBots-W7, has been successfully installed on Zelos (Suzhou) Technology's urban autonomous distribution vehicles. Currently, Zelos has achieved large-scale deployment in over 20 provinces in China and more than 100 cities globally, covering scenarios like fresh food delivery, laundry delivery, cold chain distribution, and express delivery. Zelos finds broad application in express delivery, and partners with multiple express companies such as SF Express, China Post, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and STO Express.

Key Topics Covered:

Overview of Skateboard Chassis Industry

• Preface
• Related Definitions
• Definition of Skateboard Chassis
• Development History of Skateboard Chassis
• Comparison of Skateboard Chassis with Traditional Chassis and Chassis-by-wire
• Composition of Skateboard Chassis
• Main Structural Features of Skateboard Chassis
• Technologies Involved in Skateboard Chassis
• Q&A 1: Relationship Between Skateboard Chassis and Body-on-frame?
• Q&A 2: Is CTC Technology A Standard Feature of Skateboard Chassis?
• Q&A 3: Relationship Between Skateboard Chassis and Integrated Die Casting?
• Q&A 4: Relationship Between Skateboard Chassis and Hub Motors?
• Q&A 5: Application of X-by-wire Technology in Skateboard Chassis?
• Q&A 6: Application of Skateboard Chassis EEA and Software Architecture?
• Skateboard Chassis Patent Layout
• Comparison of Skateboard Chassis with Platforms and Architectures
• Advantages of Skateboard Chassis Products
• Challenges and Difficulties in Realizing Skateboard Chassis
• Business, R&D, Production, and Profit Models of Skateboard Chassis
• Types of Skateboard Chassis Players
• Financing of Skateboard Chassis Players in Recent Years
• Types of Skateboard Chassis Customers
• Skateboard Chassis Industry Chain
• Development Opportunities for Skateboard Chassis
• Challenges and Trends in Future Application Scenarios of Skateboard Chassis
• Summary of Skateboard Chassis Layout of OEMs
• Summary of Skateboard Chassis Layout of Suppliers

Skateboard Chassis Technology Layout of OEMs

• Rivian
• Canoo
• Foton
• King Long
• Sany Heavy Industry
• FAW Jiefang
• Dongfeng Motor
• Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor
• Farzion
• Changan Kaicene
• MiracoMotor
• Qingling Motors
• Gecko Motors
• Neta Auto

Chinese and Foreign Skateboard Chassis Suppliers

• REE
• CATL
• U Power
• PIX Moving
• SuperPanther
• HLONG Technology
• ITBOX
• TEEMO Technology
• Seektop Automobile

Application Scenarios and Solutions for Skateboard Chassis

• Last-Mile Delivery Application Scenarios and Solutions for Skateboard Chassis
• Last-Mile Delivery Application Scenario Case
• Last-Mile Delivery Application Scenario Solution
• Commercial Vehicle Application Scenarios and Solutions for Skateboard Chassis
• Commercial Vehicle Application Scenario Case
• Commercial Vehicle Application Scenario Solution
• Passenger Car Application Scenario and Solution

Development Trends of Skateboard Chassis

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