Gordon Murray Group (GMG) has gotten a gang together to develop a new lightweight vehicle chassis architecture. The project, called M-LightEn’ (Monocoque architecture—Lightweight and Low Energy), will develop a platform for a “portfolio of new vehicles” that should produce its first results within three years.
GMG is embarking on the endeavor with several partners. Constellium and Brunel University of London will provide the ultra-high-strength extrusions, which they plan to make from 80 percent recycled consumer scrap aluminum. Carbon ThreeSixty is developing carbon-fiber composite components with “near-zero-waste levels.”
The company believes the first developments from the project will be available in late 2027. However, GMG is focusing on low-volume commercial use first before ramping up mainstream production. The project will include the group researching, designing, building, and validating digital and physical prototypes.
The consortium will use AI to help optimize the designs for weight and efficiency. GMG wants to achieve a 33 percent or more reduction in a vehicle’s CO2 lifecycle, believing its architecture could be 50 percent less carbon intensive than others. The company also wants to increase performance by reducing weight.
GMG only seems to be expanding operations now that it’s launched the T.33 and T.50. The company announced last week a new division called Gordon Murray Special Vehicles, which plans to build even more exclusive models and one-offs. That program could very easily benefit from new architectures.
GMG said the new division will build cars “outside the available GMA [Gordon Murray Automotive] range of products and platforms,” so we’ll have to wait to see what materializes.
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