Patent ID: 8469848

Claim:
A vehicular drive apparatus comprising: a first electric motor; a first differential mechanism having a first rotating element that is connected to an internal combustion engine, a second rotating element that is connected to the first electric motor, and a third rotating element that outputs power; an intermediate rotating member that transmits power output from the third rotating element of the first differential mechanism; a second electric motor; a case to which a stator of the second electric motor is fixed; a second differential mechanism having a fourth rotating element that is connected to the second electric motor, a fifth rotating element that is connected to the case, and a sixth rotating element that is connected to the intermediate rotating member; an output portion that transmits power to a driving wheel; and a shift mechanism which has a switching portion that switches a power transmitting path to the output portion and which changes a speed of rotation of the intermediate rotating member and transmits the rotation to the output portion, wherein the first electric motor, the first differential mechanism, the shift mechanism, and the second electric motor are coaxially arranged, and a first support wall which is next to the second electric motor and a second support wall are provided in the case, wherein the first support wall defines a common wall which supports both one end of a rotor of the second electric motor and the switching portion of the shift mechanism, and the second support wall supports the other end of the rotor of the second electric motor.