Patent ID: 6863149

Claim:
A steering mechanism of an electric car, comprising at least two sets of tandem wheels formed by a front wheel portion including front front-wheels (LFF, RFF) and front rear-wheels (LFR, RFR), and a rear wheel portion including rear front-wheels (LRF, RRF) and rear rear-wheels (LRR, RRR) of an eight-wheel vehicle, a steering shaft ( 79 ) producing a steering angle for steering the front front-wheels (LFF, RFF), mechanical transmitting means for transmitting a reduced angle of the steering angle of the steering shaft ( 79 ) to a steering mechanism of the front rear-wheels (LFR, RFR) in accordance with a distance between the front front-wheels (LFF, RFF) and the corresponding front rear-wheels LFR, RFR, a steer angle sensor ( 72 ) disposed to the steering shaft ( 79 ), and steering motors ( 77 b, 77 c ) for controlling the rear front-wheels (LRF, RRF) and the rear rear-wheels (LFF, RRR) of the eight-wheel vehicle on the basis of an output of the steering angle sensor ( 72 ).