Patent ID: 8662239
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B60K,B60Y,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A series-hybrid vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame; a pair of right and left front wheels suspended from a front portion of the vehicle body frame; a pair of right and left rear wheels suspended from a rear portion of the vehicle body frame; a drive motor mounted to the vehicle body frame and configured to drive the front wheels or the rear wheels; a battery mounted to a center portion of the vehicle body frame in a forward and rearward direction and configured to supply electric power to the drive motor; an engine electric generator including an electric generator for generating electric power charged into the battery and an engine for actuating the electric generator; a driver seat configured to seat a driver; a cargo bed provided behind the driver seat; an engine room in which the engine electric generator is accommodated, the engine room being provided below the cargo bed; and a cargo bed displacement mechanism for displacing the cargo bed;