A road vehicle with an electric drive comprising: at least one pair of drive wheels; a reversible electric machine, which can be connected to the drive wheels; an electronic power converter, which controls the electric machine; an electric energy storage system, which is connected to the electronic power converter; first power wirings comprising at least two first electric wires, which connect the electric machine to the electronic power converter; and second power wirings comprising at least two second electric wires, which connect the electronic power converter to the storage system; and a cooling system, which is thermally coupled to at least one power wiring in order to remove heat from the power wiring.

A vehicle drive system includes: a primary drive motor and a secondary drive motor; a battery; a capacitor that is connected in-series with the battery; a first power line that supplies a total aggregate voltage of the battery and the capacitor; a second power line that supplies a battery voltage; and a third power line that supplies a cell voltage. The first power line, the second power line, and the third power line are configured such that the battery voltage is higher than the cell voltage and that the total voltage is higher than the battery voltage.

An accessory component assembly is provided that includes a frame, a first vehicle accessory, and a second vehicle accessory. The frame is configured to support vehicle accessories. The first vehicle accessory is mounted to the frame. The second vehicle accessory is mounted to the frame. The frame is configured to simultaneously couple the first vehicle accessory and the second vehicle accessory to a chassis of a vehicle such that the accessory component assembly can be functionally coupled to at least two other vehicle sub-systems.

The invention relates mainly to a fuel tank (10) that can be adapted to several types of motor vehicle engines, comprising: —a casing (11) defining a fuel filling space, —a fuel filler pipe (12), and —a gauge/pump module (13), characterized in that the casing (11) has a shape that is suitable for covering different types of gasoline and diesel engines, and in that the casing (11) comprises passages (15) for routing and holding pipes and/or wiring harnesses, the passages (15) formed in advance in the casing (11) being capable of covering routes for pipes and/or wiring harnesses of different types of gasoline and diesel engines, such that some passages (15) used for the pipes and/or wiring harnesses of a given engine are present for an engine of another type but not used.

This disclosure details exemplary electrical architectural layouts for distributing high voltage power within electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack associated with an electrical architectural layout of an electrified vehicle may include an enclosure assembly that houses one or more battery arrays. The battery arrays may be efficiently arranged relative to one another inside the enclosure assembly to establish an open channel within the enclosure assembly. A high voltage wiring harness may be routed through an interior of the battery pack within the open channel. The exemplary electrical architectural layouts of this disclosure may be employed within all-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, or front-wheel drive electrified vehicles.

A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a handle portion, a light transmitting cover element disposed at least partially along a length dimension of the handle portion, and an illumination module having an illumination source. When the illumination source is electrically powered, light emitted by the illumination source passes at least partially along the length dimension of the handle portion. With the exterior door handle assembly mounted at a door handle region of a vehicle door and when the illumination source is electrically powered, light that passes at least partially along the length dimension of the handle portion is viewable by a person viewing the handle portion of the exterior door handle assembly. When the illumination source is not electrically powered, the illumination source is covert to the person viewing the handle portion of the exterior door handle assembly.

Provided is a vehicle capable of suppressing failure of an inverter while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost by unitizing an engine and a motor. A drive unit as a drive source for travel of the vehicle has the engine and the motor. A torque tube is connected to a rear portion of the motor. The torque tube covers a propeller shaft that is coupled to an output shaft of the drive unit. An inverter is arranged above the torque tube. The inverter is separated from the drive unit and is separated from the torque tube. A terminal of the inverter and a terminal of the motor are connected by three wire harnesses. Each of the wire harnesses has a wire length that is longer than a linear distance connecting the terminal and the terminal by the shortest distance.

An accessory component assembly is provided that includes a frame, a first vehicle accessory, and a second vehicle accessory. The frame is configured to support vehicle accessories. The first vehicle accessory is mounted to the frame. The second vehicle accessory is mounted to the frame. The frame is configured to simultaneously couple the first vehicle accessory and the second vehicle accessory to a chassis of a vehicle such that the accessory component assembly can be functionally coupled to at least two other vehicle sub-systems.

An electric vehicle backup battery is provided. The back up battery is removably positionable within an interior or the vehicle and can operate to directly power the vehicle, or charge a primary battery of the vehicle, if and when the primary battery runs out of charge, to allow the electric vehicle to reach a charging source.

A method for assembling a camera suitable for use for a vision system of a vehicle includes providing a circuit board having first and second sides separated by a thickness dimension of the circuit board. An imager is disposed at the first side of the circuit board and solder pads are disposed at the second side of the circuit board. The solder pads are in electrical connection with circuitry of the circuit board. A coaxial connector is aligned at the solder pads at the second side of the circuit board. The coaxial connector is soldered at the second side of the circuit board via melting the solder paste at the solder pads.