Patent ID: 9174520
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B60K,B60L,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electric vehicle having two seats, including a battery unit, a motor configured to drive a rear wheel, and motor mounts disposed behind the battery unit and supporting the motor securely in place, the electric vehicle further comprising: a rear partition defining a passenger compartment behind a rear surface of an occupant seat, wherein: the rear partition includes a slanted portion, which is inclined progressively rearward of the electric vehicle in an upward direction; the battery unit has at least a portion disposed along the slanted portion of the rear partition; the battery unit has a lower end disposed below a hip point of an occupant; and the motor mounts are disposed such that an upper portion of the battery unit and a portion of the motor mounts overlap each other in a vertical direction of the electric vehicle as viewed transversely across the electric vehicle; the upper portion of the battery unit is positioned more rearwardly than a lower portion of the battery unit in a longitudinal direction of the electric vehicle; in space that is created below the upper portion of the battery unit and behind the lower portion of the battery unit, a portion of the motor mounts is disposed; and the portion of the motor mounts is located below the hip point.