The idea-people aren't finished trying to revolutionize the skateboard electric vehicle platform and in-wheel motors. Israeli startup Ree is doing both. It's toiled on the idea for seven years, putting together the 3D-printed Flatformer concept heavy truck chassis with Hino for last year's Tokyo Motor Show. Now the tech firm has partnered with Tier 1 OEM supplier KYB, a multibillion-dollar Japanese conglomerate specializing in active and semi-active suspension systems and owner of the world's largest factory producing shock absorbers. The challenge ahead of this "strategic partnership to develop suspension capabilities for future electric vehicle (EV) platforms" will be clear after we explain how Ree's system works.