A vehicle includes a body, an internal combustion engine, a traction battery, a front axle connecting two front wheels with at least one of the two front wheels drivingly coupled to the internal combustion engine, a rear axle connecting two rear wheels and carried by two leaf spring units, each leaf spring unit being pivotably connected at one end to the body and at another end to a connection arm pivotably connected to the body, wherein the rear axle includes two driveshafts connecting the rear wheels, and a drive unit supported by the rear axle to be self-supporting relative to the body. The drive unit includes an electric motor coupled to the traction battery and a differential mechanically coupled to the two driveshafts and the electric motor. The rear axle is mechanically uncoupled from the internal combustion engine.
VEHICLE WITH RIGID REAR AXLE DIRECT ELECTRIC DRIVE
2019-01-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60G VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS , Radaufhängungen und Federungen für Fahrzeuge / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / F16H Getriebe , GEARING |
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