Patent ID: 8640801

Claim:
A drive apparatus for a motor vehicle, comprising: a hollow portal axle with a hollow integral tubular housing having opposite left and right ends and an inner circumferential surface between the ends; left and right electrical machines axially aligned with one another in the housing and in proximity to the respective left and right ends of the housing, each of the electrical machines having a stator fit in a rotationally fixed manner to the inner surface of the housing and a rotor within the stator; left and right wheels being rotatably mounted respectively in regions of left and right ends of the portal axle, the left and right wheels being drivable by the respective left and right electrical machines, left and right step-down gear mechanisms arranged between the respective left and right electrical machines and the wheel associated with said electrical machine, left and right cardan shafts having driven ends connected to the respective left and right step-down gear mechanism and driving ends connected to the respective left and right wheel independent suspensions mounted in proximity to the left and right wheels.