Patent ID: 7191859

Claim:
A driving apparatus for an electric vehicle including an electric generator driven by an engine and a motor for driving driving-wheels by using electric power from said electric generator, the driving apparatus comprising: a case for accommodating said electric generator and said motor and fixing a stator of said electric generator and a stator of said motor; a generator rotor of said electric generator arranged in said stator of said electric generator and attached to a crankshaft of said engine to be directly driven by the said engine; an engine-side input axle linked to said crankshaft through a rotor of said electric generator and driven by said engine; a motor-side input axle linked to a motor rotor of said motor and driven by said motor; an output axle linked to said engine-side input axle and said motor-side input axle and transmitting power to said driving-wheels; a transmission provided in an engine-power transfer channel formed by said engine-side input axle and said output axle, and shifting a revolution speed of said engine-power transfer channel to a plurality of shift ranges; and a clutch provided in the engine-power transfer channel for shifting to a power transmission state of transmitting engine power to said driving-wheels and to a power cutoff state of not transmitting engine power to said driving-wheels.