Low floor drive unit assembly for an electrically driven vehicle

摘要

A vehicle is disclosed, comprising: a vehicle body extending between lateral sides (16), passenger seats being mounted adjacent each of said lateral sides (16), a floor (18) defined beneath said passenger seats, an aisle defined between said passenger seats, and said floor (18) also extending beneath said aisle; at least one driving axle for driving a pair of laterally spaced wheels (19, 21) including a first drive axle shaft (24) associated with the first of said wheels (19), and a second drive axle shaft (24) associated with the second of said wheels (21), said first and second drive axle shafts (24) defining an axis of rotation (26); a first and second gear set (30) for driving said first and second wheels (19, 21); a first electric motor (36) mounted at a non-parallel angle relative to said axis of rotation (26) of said first drive axle shaft (24) for driving said first gear set (30), and a second electric motor (36) mounted at a non-parallel angle relative to said axis of rotation (26) of said second drive axle shaft (24) and operatively connected to drive said second gear set (30); and said electric motors (36) being mounted at a vertical position which is higher than a vertical position of the floor (18) of said aisle.