Vehicle manufacturing system and vehicle manufacturing method

Abstract

A vehicle manufacturing system according to this embodiment is a vehicle manufacturing system for performing control in such a way that a plurality of vehicles forming a platoon travel during a manufacturing process or a transporting process, the vehicle manufacturing system including: a computing unit configured to compute a control instruction value; a sensor provided to detect an inter-vehicle distance; determination unit for determining, based on the inter-vehicle distance, whether or not the platoon is disturbed; a transmitter configured to transmit, in a case where the platoon is not disturbed, a common control instruction value to the plurality of vehicles; a communication apparatus that is provided in the vehicle and receives the control instruction value; and speed control unit for controlling the speed of the vehicle in accordance with the control instruction value.