Patent ID: 6105696
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
An electric vehicle comprising a pair of driven shafts, a set of batteries as a power source, a plurality of electric motors of different power outputs, said plurality of electric motors including at least a small electric motor and a large electric motor, the maximum r.p.m. imparted by said small electric motor being greater than that imparted by said large electric motor and the maximum power output of said large electric motor being greater than that of said small electric motor, first and second motor switching pedals for separately or simultaneously activating and controlling said small and large electric motors respectively, first and second clutches for connecting said small and large electric motors respectively to said pair of driven shafts, and first and second clutch pedals for controlling said first and second clutches respectively, wherein activating said first and second motor switching pedals either separately or simultaneously will provide the vehicle with multistep power outputs whose number is greater than the total number of electric motors.