Patent ID: 8083016

Claim:
A hybrid vehicle having front and rear wheels, comprising: a front drive axle assembly continuously connected with the front wheels; a rear drive axle assembly continuously connected with the rear wheels; an engine; a transmission having: a motor/generator; a stationary member; a planetary gear set having a ring gear member, a sun gear member, and a carrier member, at least one of the members of the planetary gear set being continuously connected to one of said axle assemblies; and a plurality of selectively engagable torque-transmitting mechanisms; wherein said engine and said motor/generator are separately selectively directly connectable to a respective different one of said members of said planetary gear set by engagement of a respective different one of said torque-transmitting mechanisms to transfer torque to said one of said drive axle assemblies; and wherein at least one of said engine and said motor/generator is selectively connectable to the other of said drive axle assemblies by engagement of another one of said torque-transmitting mechanisms to transfer torque to the other of said drive axle assemblies.