DRIVE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF A DRIVE DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to a drive device (1) of a motor vehicle, having a drive unit (2) having at least two cylinder banks (3, 4) to each of which a crank drive and a valve drive is allocated, wherein the crank drives can be coupled to one another for a common output (5) and there is a shiftable clutch (9) between at least one of the crank drives and one drive device (5'). According to the invention, the cylinder banks (3, 4) have a different number of cylinders (10) and/or a different displacement and/or are configured for different capacities and/or the cylinder banks (3, 4) are tilted against each other. The invention furthermore relates to a method for operating a drive device (1).