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Similar design and engineering specs shared between multiple cars

A car platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components, over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of cars, often from different, but somewhat related, marques. It is practiced in the automotive industry to reduce the costs associated with the development of products by basing those products on a smaller number of platforms. This further allows companies to create distinct models from a design perspective on similar underpinnings. A car platform is not to be confused with a platform chassis, although such a chassis can be part of an automobile's design platform, as noted below. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: Conduit CAR: Redirecting CAR T-Cell Specificity with A Universal and Adaptable Bispecific Antibody PlatformInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Coloring Book CarsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Nanocarriers as an emerging platform for cancer therapyCited 7,925 times
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Noun The shared structural and mechanical foundation on which multiple different car models are built.

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