MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DRIVE TRAIN WITH A LATERALLY ARRANGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
First Claim
1. A motor vehicle having a drive train in a region of a vehicle axle, a body of the motor vehicle having connection points for the drive train, the connection points providing connection for a laterally arranged internal combustion engine, a vehicle transmission and a torque plate of the motor vehicle that can be driven exclusively by the internal combustion engine, characterized in that these connection points also are connection points for a hybrid drive train.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle (10) has a drive train in the region of a front axle. A body of the motor vehicle has connection points (1, 2, 3) for a laterally arranged internal combustion engine, a vehicle transmission (15) and a torque plate of a motor vehicle (10) that can be driven exclusively by the internal combustion engine. The connection points (1, 2, 3) also are connection points for a hybrid drive train (11). The vehicle uses a modular design principle and can be equipped with differently designed drive systems, including conventional drive exclusively by an internal combustion engine and hybrid drive, without having to make structural modifications. The hybrid drive train may be a serial hybrid or a parallel hybrid.
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16 Claims
- 1. A motor vehicle having a drive train in a region of a vehicle axle, a body of the motor vehicle having connection points for the drive train, the connection points providing connection for a laterally arranged internal combustion engine, a vehicle transmission and a torque plate of the motor vehicle that can be driven exclusively by the internal combustion engine, characterized in that these connection points also are connection points for a hybrid drive train.
- 8. A plurality of motor vehicles having substantially identical bodies and substantially identical connection points on the respective bodies, each of the motor vehicles further having a drive train supported on the connection points, the drive train of at least one of the vehicles being a conventional drive train with a laterally arranged internal combustion engine, a vehicle transmission and a torque plate of the motor vehicle that can be driven exclusively by the internal combustion engine, the drive train of at least a second of the motor vehicles being a hybrid drive train.
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