WHEEL DRIVE UNIT FOR A WHEEL OF AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE, VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to a wheel drive unit (4), particularly a hub drive unit, for a wheel (2, 3) of an electrically driven vehicle (1), having an electric machine (5) for driving the wheel (2, 3), which machine has a stator and a rotor which is rotatably mounted on the stator and can be connected to the wheel (2, 3) of the vehicle (1), and having an electronic control device (7) for controlling the electric machine (5), wherein the wheel drive unit (4) has a holding brake (8) with an electromechanical actuator, by means of which, when the wheel drive unit (4) is in a holding mode, the rotor of the electric machine (5) is mechanically fixed with respect to the stator.