Patent ID: 7417349

Claim:
A driving apparatus for a vehicle, comprising a rotating electric machine, wherein: said rotating electric machine has a stator and a rotor held rotatably inside said stator; said stator comprises a stator core and stator windings; said stator windings comprise three-phase windings which are wound on said stator core; said rotor comprises a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets held inside said rotor core; a plurality of auxiliary magnetic pole areas are formed in said rotor core, along a radial direction of said rotor core; said permanent magnets are arranged between said auxiliary magnetic pole areas, so that permanent magnets which are located both sides of said each of said auxiliary magnetic pole areas have different polarities; a reluctance torque is generated at said auxiliary magnetic pole areas based on a magnetomotive force which is generated by three phase current flowing through said stator windings; said driving apparatus further comprises an inverter; and said three-phase current flowing through said stator windings are controlled by said inverter.