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Company boss Frank M. Rinderknecht has shrunk the Snap into a microSNAP the size of a Renault Twizy. And demonstrates for the first time a fully automated robotic station that independently assembles and separates chassis and bodies. Experts refer to this step in automobile production, where the chassis and body are joined together, as the marriage, only in the case of Rinspeed, not permanently, but only for a specific purpose.

Autonomous vehicles have a future
For the automotive visionary, the time of large delivery trucks that serve customers one after the other throughout the day like pearls on a string is over. Because online trade is booming and now includes the fresh food sector, the Swiss believes in small autonomous vehicles that swarm out and bring their goods to the customer just in time without detours.

The Snap is soon to hit the road
In the meantime, a start-up is planned and talks with investors are underway to get the Snap on the road. The response in the automotive world to the revolutionary Snap has been tremendous and has not been without consequences: Even a renowned car manufacturer was inspired by Frank M. Rinderknecht and presented its own Snap system.

Components susceptible to aging
Whether Snap or microSNAP, the basic idea remains: While the bodies last as long as a car does today, the chassis contains all the components that are susceptible to wear and aging, such as the IT technology for automated driving. Skateboards (chassis) and pods (bodies) are only short-term partners. Thus, diverse superstructures use the skateboards that are currently available. After a few years, these are recycled because the limit of their service life has been reached. Thus, they elegantly escape an expensive and complicated hardware update.

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