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// SCALING UP //

wWhen platforms challenge creativity

Clean Motion ’ s story started in 2010 in Lerum , on the west coast of Sweden , with a mission to find a solution for sustainable transport in urban environments . Fast forward to today and it now has a transportation solution suited for daily use , with a vehicle that is far from your traditional three-wheeler cargo . Fully electrified , solar-powered and connected to a fleet management system , it ’ s the model child of how digitalisation and software integration can foster sustainability while promoting a premium design .
But this elegance needed to be matched with functionality by way of an HMI that equips drivers with a wide range of information , including speed , cargo weight , battery range , charging status and more . Connectivity and remote monitoring via fleet management , in particular , were deemed to be defining features of this state-of-the-art vehicle . In Clean Motion ’ s case , the HMI had to accomplish all of the above while also matching the clean , minimalistic Scandinavian style that the company had built its brand on .
“ We built our first HMI for our EV with an off-the-shelf platform offering basic functionality but soon realised we had

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WE WANTED A CLEAN NORDIC DESIGN , BUT WE NEEDED TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD QUICKLY .
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