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Electric Vehicle Innovator Uses aPriori to Drive Down Costs of Tooling for NPI
Introduction
This EV startup set an aggressive goal: launch a fully electric vehicle at a $25,000 price point in a market where the battery alone can consume more than $7,000 of total cost. To succeed, the team needed to prevent major cost overruns before production, eliminate inflated tooling quotes often marked up 40–70%, reduce unnecessary material and secondary process costs, and replace slow, spreadsheet-based costing workflows — all while supporting an 11-month launch timeline.
Company Details
Industry
Automotive
Number of Employees
400
Revenue
$40 million
aPriori Product
aP Pro
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The Problem
This automotive innovator faced a $150K cost overrun in their prototype for a $25K EVThe Solution
Used aPriori to identify savings and reduce tooling cost by 62%Results with aPriori
By deploying aPriori’s for its NPI, this company was able to:
- Prevent cost overrun by cutting part cost dramatically using side-by-side supplier cost analysis
- Reduce tooling Cost from $400,000 to $154,000 on a single part through rapid design iteration
- Replace excel-based costing with modelling that is 10x faster, enabling real-time cost visibility across complex assemblies
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