Patent ID: 6966860

Claim:
An automatic transmission ( 1 ) for a motor vehicle, comprising: a drive shaft ( 2 ) that can be linked with an internal combustion engine; an output shaft ( 3 ) that can be linked with at least one motor vehicle axle; and a mechanically shiftable transmission ( 4 ) including a first planetary gear set arranged upstream of a second planetary gear set ( 5 , 6 ), wherein the first planetary gear set ( 5 ) is a simple planetary gear set and the second planetary gear set is a double planetary gear set ( 6 ), and a plurality of shifting elements, an electric engine ( 14 ), and first and second additional shift elements ( 12 , 13 ) for selectively connecting the electric engine to a first and a second shaft of the first planetary gear set, whereby the electric engine selectively operates as at least one of: a starter/generator, an electric engine for continuously adjusting a speed of the transmission, and an electric engine to at least partially drive the motor vehicle.