Patent ID: 9724990
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Y

Claim:
1. A motor vehicle comprising: a body with first, second and third connection points disposed at fixed specified positions in proximity to an axle of the vehicle and configured for selectively supporting one of: a conventional drive train having an internal combustion engine as an exclusive drive power source for the motor vehicle and a transmission arranged laterally of the internal combustion engine, the conventional drive train having no traction motor, the internal combustion engine of the conventional drive train being supported at the first connection point of the vehicle, the transmission of the conventional drive train being supported at the second connection point of the vehicle and the third connection point of the vehicle being connected to a location on the conventional drive train to receive torque introduced from the conventional drive train to the vehicle; and a hybrid drive train in a region of the vehicle axle, the hybrid drive train having a laterally arranged internal combustion engine that is smaller than the internal combustion engine of the conventional drive train and that is supported at the first connection point, the hybrid drive train further having an electric traction motor supported at the second connection point, and a vehicle transmission for the hybrid drive train supported at the third connection point, whereby the first, second and third connection points at the fixed specified positions of the vehicle enable the body of the vehicle to support either the conventional drive train or the hybrid drive train.