DRIVE UNIT FOR A VEHICLE HAVING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DRIVE UNIT

摘要

The present invention relates to a dive unit for a vehicle which comprises an electric motor which drives a vehicle wheel and has a rotor, in which invention the transmission of the rotational movement from the electric motor to the vehicle wheel can be locked by a locking device. In order to achieve a more energy-efficient stationary state of the vehicle on an oblique plane, the locking device has a profiled locking wheel (22) and a locking element (24), wherein the locking element (24) has an engagement region (26), wherein the engagement region (26) can be introduced into the profile of the locking wheel (22) in order to lock the locking device by means of a movement opposed to gravity.