A chassis design for a commercial delivery vehicle is disclosed. The chassis design includes one or two forward mounted motor drives. The drive motors include a lateral drive motor and/or a longitudinal drive motor, such that the motors could drive one or both sets of wheels while maintaining most of the drive unit weight forward of the vehicle centerline to allow cargo carrying capacity similar to internal combustion engine configurations.
ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE CHASSIS
2024-05-02
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 |
Universal electric drive axle housing, chassis and vehicle
European Patent Office | 2023
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