Patent ID: 8949095
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a vehicle fleet wherein a plurality of vehicle models are built having coordinated designs within a powertrain group, wherein the powertrain group includes a plurality of powertrain versions, each powertrain version including a respective design for a respective power plant and a respective transmission, the method comprising the steps of: assembling a powertrain of each vehicle within each of the plurality of vehicle models according to a three-dimensional grid corresponding to the powertrain group having a plurality of power plant zones and a plurality of transmission zones, wherein selected components for each powertrain version are attached to each respective powertrain unit within a predetermined tolerance margin of a respective projection defined for the power plant zones and transmission zones, wherein the power plant zones correspond to a first matrix dividing each of a width, length, and height of a respective power plant into a first fixed proportion, and wherein the transmission zones correspond to a second matrix dividing each of a width and height of a respective transmission into the first fixed proportion and a length of the respective transmission into a second fixed proportion; wherein each respective zone for attaching each of the selected components is common to all the respective power plants and respective transmissions of the powertrain group.