Due to the electric offensive and the resulting new freedom in vehicle concept development and design, it is necessary to leave the evolutionary development track and instead take a revolutionary approach in order to inspire customers with innovative interior and powertrain concepts. To accelerate the revolutionary development and to be able to guarantee more flexibility, it is necessary to make decisions early in the pre-development of vehicle concepts. Up until now, powertrain concepts, interior concepts and exterior designs have been modelled according to requirements, and then thereafter, combined to form a vehicle concept. The coordination between the areas may only take place relatively late in the development process. This may lead to an increased need for coordination and correction, more work, and possibly longer development processes. In order to achieve higher efficiency in the development process, a vehicle topology concept method has been developed. This work deals with the packaging of given powertrain- and interior-concepts and the exterior design, as well as the validation of this overall package. The method determines the compromise between modules, which results in the least amount of restrictions of the overall vehicle concept. It is based on an abstract vehicle model, which arises from use cases and dimensional chains. The resulting diversity of possible concepts aids the decision-makers in strategic decisions as to which concepts will be further developed or transferred to series development.
Vehicle Topology Concept Methodology
Proceedings
2021-05-14
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
German
Vehicle Topology Concept Methodology
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