Case Study: Electric Vehicle Innovator reduces tooling costs with aPriori

electric vehicle innovator cuts tooling cost by 62% with aPriori

The customer, an electric vehicle innovator, faced the challenge of launching a fully electric vehicle at a $25,000 price point while preventing major cost overruns. They needed to eliminate inflated tooling quotes, reduce material costs, and replace slow spreadsheet-based workflows, all within an aggressive 11-month timeline. They used aPriori's aP Pro product to address these challenges.

By deploying aPriori, the company was able to dramatically cut part costs and conduct rapid design iterations. The solution from aPriori delivered a 62% reduction in tooling costs on a single part, bringing the cost down from $400,000 to $154,000. aPriori also replaced their Excel-based costing with modeling that is ten times faster, providing real-time cost visibility and preventing a $150,000 prototype cost overrun.