Patent ID: 7671503

Claim:
An electric vehicle that uses an electric rotating machine as a driving source, said electric rotating machine comprising: a rotating shaft; a rotor connected to said rotating shaft; a stator located facing said rotor; a movable member that moves said rotor in an axial direction of said rotating shaft through movement in the axial direction, and changes a relative position with respect to said stator; a rotating member that rotates around said rotating shaft; and an adjustment motor with an output shaft positioned approximately orthogonal to said rotating shaft, that is connected to said rotating member and rotates said rotating member; wherein said movable member is moved by converting rotation of said rotating member to displacement in the axial direction; wherein said electric rotating machine is connected to a vehicle body, and housed in a housing positioned in an axle shaft axial direction of a drive wheel; wherein said rotating shaft of said electric rotating machine is an axle shaft that drives said drive wheel; and wherein said adjustment motor of said electric rotating machine is positioned with its output shaft lying in a vehicle front-to-rear direction.