To provide a vehicle drive device capable of efficiently driving a vehicle by using a motor without falling into the vicious cycle between enhancement of driving via the motor and an increase in vehicle weight. The present invention is a vehicle drive device (10) having a motor for driving the wheels of a vehicle and includes a front wheel motor (20) for driving front wheels (2b) of a vehicle (1) and a battery (18) and a capacitor (22) that supply electric power for driving the front wheel motor (20), in which the voltage of the battery (18) and the capacitor (22) connected in series is applied to the front wheel motor (20) and the capacitor (22) is disposed between the left and right front wheels (2b) of the vehicle (1).

An all-terrain vehicle includes a frame, a plurality of ground-engaging members for supporting the frame, an outer body supported by the frame, and a cargo rack pivotably coupled to the outer body. The cargo rack is moveably between a closed position and an opened position and includes a hinge assembly comprising hinge leaves and a removable hinge pin.

A compressor installation structure for a vehicle has: a battery that is disposed at a vehicle lower side of a floor portion of a vehicle cabin; a power unit that is disposed at one side in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the battery; and a compressor that is configured to be driven by electric power supplied thereto from the battery, and that is disposed at one side in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the battery, and that is disposed at another side in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the power unit.

A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, an energy storage device, a vehicle body, an electric power take-off system, and a hydraulic component. The energy storage device is supported by the chassis and is configured to provide electrical power to a prime mover. Activation of the prime mover selectively drives the refuse vehicle. The vehicle body is supported by the chassis, and includes an on-board receptacle for storing refuse therein. The electric power take-off system is positioned on the vehicle body, and includes an electric motor configured to drive a hydraulic pump to convert electrical power received from the energy storage device into hydraulic power. An amount of electrical power at least one of received by and provided to the electric motor is limited by a controller to control an output characteristic of the hydraulic pump. The hydraulic component is in fluid communication with the hydraulic pump and configured to operate using hydraulic power from the electric power take-off system.

A battery pack assembly includes a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells and an elongated terminal connector. Each battery cell having at least one terminal. The elongated terminal connector having at least one keyed slot corresponding to each of the at least one terminal. Each keyed slot having a first opening and a second opening. A first width of the first opening is greater than a second width of the second opening. The elongated terminal connector is configured to move between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position each terminal of the at least one terminal is positioned within the second opening to engage each terminal with the elongated terminal connector. In the disengaged position each terminal of the at least one terminal is positioned within the first opening to disengaged each terminal from the elongated terminal connector.

A motor vehicle with two front wheels and two rear wheels and with an electric drive that is operable via a traction energy storage device. The motor vehicle has a front recess in the region between the front wheels for a traction energy storage device assigned to the front recess, and has a rear recess in the region between the front wheels and the rear wheels, arranged in an underbody of the motor vehicle, for a traction energy storage device assigned to the rear recess, and traction energy storage devices are insertable or inserted into the recesses.

According to one embodiment, an electrode includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer. The active material-containing layer contains a titanium-niobium composite oxide. A cross-section of the active material-containing layer includes a first cross-section from the current collector to length 0.5t with respect to a thickness t of the active material-containing layer, and a second cross-section from length 0.5t to length t from the current collector. An area ratio S1 occupied by the titanium-niobium composite oxide within the first cross-section, and an area ratio S2 occupied by the titanium-niobium composite oxide within the second cross-section satisfy 0.8<S2/S1<1. A maximum peak in a particle diameter frequency distribution of the titanium-niobium composite oxide is from 0.5 μm to 3 μm.

A retention arrangement is provided for a refrigerant compressor on a bodywork of a motor vehicle. The compressor is designed to compress a coolant of an air conditioning system. The refrigerant compressor is at least indirectly secured to the bodywork by the retention arrangement wherein the refrigerant compressor is held on the bodywork by a carrier or intermediary support which is itself held on the bodywork and on which at least one electrical component of the motor vehicle is held. The electrical component is different from the refrigerant compressor.

A refuse vehicle includes a battery and electric power take-off system that includes a second motor configured to convert electrical power into hydraulic power, an inverter configured to provide electrical power to the second motor from the battery, a heat dissipation device in thermal communication with the inverter, wherein the heat dissipation device includes a plurality of conduits and a thermal fluid pump configured to pump cooling fluid through the plurality of conduits, a thermal sensor configured to detect thermal energy within the inverter, a flow meter configured determine a flow rate of cooling fluid through the plurality of conduits, and a controller configured to receive data from the thermal sensor and the flow meter and provide operating parameters to the heat dissipation device.

A resilient coupling element for a motor vehicle, which is to be placed between an energy store housing structure and a passenger compartment floor structure, is made of a spring sheet or plate. A motor vehicle having an energy store housing structure and a passenger compartment floor structure, includes the coupling element of the aforementioned kind being effective between the energy store housing structure and the passenger compartment floor structure.