| 摘要 |
<p>A vehicle structure for an electric automobile, capable of enhancing the turning characteristics of the automobile. An electric automobile (100) is driven by traveling wheels having wheels incorporating therein drive devices which operate by receiving the supply of electric energy. The vehicle body structure for the electric automobile (100) is provided with a first traveling wheel unit and a second traveling wheel unit which are provided to the front and rear of the vehicle body (110) and each comprise two traveling wheels arranged on the left and right; and a drive control unit for individually driving the four traveling wheels according to the amount of operation inputted by the driver. The first traveling wheel unit is configured in such a manner that the first traveling wheel unit is integrally rotatable in a plane substantially perpendicular to the direction of the height of the vehicle body (110), about a point near the midpoint of a support unit which rotatably supports at both ends thereof the two traveling wheels which form the first traveling wheel unit, said point near the midpoint serving as a first rotation center. According to the amount of steering among the amount of operation, the drive control unit differentially rotates the traveling wheels which form the first traveling wheel unit and rotate the first traveling wheel unit about the first rotation center.</p> |
