Bicycles, E-Bikes & Micromobility worked example

Vehicle Capacity Gap at 99% assembly station uptime: a worked example

This scenario runs the vehicle capacity gap calculation on the strong side: 99% assembly station uptime, with every other input held at its documented default. a micromobility production team needs to check whether available capacity can cover forecasted vehicle demand

The inputs for this scenario

  • Vehicles completed per cycle: 12 vehicles / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available production cycles: 85 cycles (unchanged)
  • Assembly station uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 88)
  • Vehicle first-pass yield: 96 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross scheduled vehicle capacity = vehicles completed per cycle × available production cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 969 vehicles for good vehicle capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,020 vehicles for gross scheduled vehicle capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10.2 vehicles for vehicle capacity lost to downtime.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 40.39 vehicles for vehicle capacity lost to defects.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where assembly station uptime sits at 88% and the headline result is 862 vehicles, this scenario comes in 12.5% above the baseline at 969 vehicles.
  • Use it when committing build volumes, sizing a line for a new model, or diagnosing whether a shortfall is a downtime or a quality problem. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Good vehicle capacity: 969 vehicles (headline result)
  • Gross scheduled vehicle capacity: 1,020 vehicles
  • Vehicle capacity lost to downtime: 10.2 vehicles
  • Vehicle capacity lost to defects: 40.39 vehicles

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Vehicle Capacity Gap calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.