Patent ID: 8348005

Claim:
A hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine having a crankshaft, a crankcase, and a cylinder; a motor provided on the crankshaft; a multi-stage gear transmission through which an output of the crankshaft is changed to be used for traveling of the vehicle; and an actuator configured to automatically shift the multi-stage gear transmission and provided in the crankcase in proximity to the motor, the actuator and the motor are both provided on a same side of the cylinder when viewed along a length of the crankshaft, a radius from a center line of the cylinder to a part of the actuator farthest from the center line being shorter than a radius from the center line to a part of the motor farthest from the center line, and the actuator having a width less than a width of the motor in a direction perpendicular to the crankshaft.