Systems and methods for a suspension assembly on an electrified vocational vehicle

A suspension assembly for an electrified vehicle, the electrified vehicle including a chassis having a frame rail, the suspension assembly comprising:

• a knuckle;
• a spring directly supported on the knuckle and coupled between the knuckle and the frame rail;
• a lower control arm coupled to the knuckle and including four pivot joints;
• and
• an upper control link coupled to the knuckle and including two connection points, one arranged at each distal end of the upper control link, wherein both the lower control arm and the upper control link are arranged below a bottom surface of the frame rail.

An electrified vehicle comprising:

• a chassis having a frame rail;
• a battery supported on the chassis;
• and
• a suspension assembly including:
• a knuckle;
• a subframe;
• an H-arm coupled between the knuckle and the subframe;
• a control link arranged above the H-arm and coupled between the knuckle and the subframe;
• and
• a spring coupled to a bottom surface of the frame rail and directly coupled to the knuckle;
• wherein the H-arm and the control link are both arranged below the bottom surface of the frame rail.