DRIVE DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE

摘要

The present invention is provided with a motor (11) having a rotating shaft (22) for driving the axles of left and right wheels of a vehicle, and is provided with an inverter (12) for supplying a drive current to the motor (11), an inverter housing case (16) for housing the inverter (12), and a speed reducer (13). A cylindrical motor case (15) of the motor (11), a substantially rectangular box-shaped inverter housing case (16), and a speed reducer case (17) are all formed integrally with each other. The motor (11) and the inverter (12) are electrically connected by bus bars (25) inside the motor case (15) or the inverter housing case (16). This structure makes it possible to dispense with a harness connection that is exposed to the outside between at least the motor (11) and the inverter (12).