Patent ID: 7886861
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electric vehicle comprising: a power unit that is disposed on a first side of a vehicle body, which is one end side of the vehicle as considered in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, supported onto the vehicle body by using a plurality of brackets, and drives the vehicle; and a battery unit that is disposed on a center side of the vehicle body as considered in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, adjacently to the power unit, and serves as a power source of the vehicle, wherein the plurality of brackets includes a first bracket that supports a battery unit-side end of the power unit; the first bracket extends in a width direction of the vehicle, and is coupled to the vehicle body through a first coupling section arranged to one end of the first bracket and a second coupling section arranged to the other end of the first bracket; the power unit is coupled to the first bracket through at least two inner coupling sections that are located more inside than the first and second coupling sections as considered in the width direction of the vehicle; the first bracket has a first fragile portion, which is broken by being applied with an impact load exceeding a given level at the time of collision in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, between the first coupling section and the inner coupling section closest to the first coupling section, and between the second coupling section and the inner coupling section closest to the second coupling section; and the first fragile portion is formed to be broken by a smaller impact load at the time of collision with the first side than at the time of collision with a second side that is opposite to the first side as considered in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.