Motor vehicle with electric drive
A motor vehicle has an electric drive and at least one electrical energy storage module connected therewith. A guide extends longitudinally along the motor vehicle, and supports the storage module therein in a longitudinally displaceable manner relative to the motor vehicle.
1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
an electric drive;
at least one storage module for electrical energy electrically connected with said electric drive;
a guide extending longitudinally along said motor vehicle, and supporting said storage module therein in a longitudinally displaceable manner relative to said motor vehicle;
first and second longitudinally displaceable seating members disposed in said guide and supporting therein said at least one storage module;
a front axle; and
a rear axle;
wherein the guide extends longitudinally along the motor vehicle between the front axle and the rear axle, and the at least one storage module is placed into the guide from a rear portion of the motor vehicle;
wherein said storage module includes lateral retention bars, and said first and second seating members grip said lateral retention bars on said storage module.
2. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , including:
an impact damping member disposed at one end of said guide.
3. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
said guide is disposed adjacent to a laterally central portion of said motor vehicle.
4. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said guide extends from said front axle to said rear axle of said motor vehicle.
5. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , including:
a channel having a portion thereof defining said guide.
6. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , including:
a bumper; and wherein
said impact damping member extends to said bumper and is operably connected therewith.
7. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , wherein:
said impact damping member is disposed within a portion of said guide.
8. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the impact damping member is a crush box adapted to absorb crash energy, and said crush box is disposed on a front end of said guide and extends to a front bumper.
9. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , wherein said impact damping member is a crush box adapted to absorb crash energy, and said crush box is disposed within said guide and does not extend to a front bumper.
10. A motor vehicle as set forth in claim 5 , wherein:
said channel interconnects said front axle and said rear axle.
11. A motor vehicle, comprising:
an electric drive;
at least one storage module for electrical energy electrically connected with said electric drive;
a guide extending longitudinally along said motor vehicle, and supporting said at least one storage module therein in a longitudinally displaceable manner relative to said motor vehicle;
first and second longitudinally displaceable seating members disposed in said guide and supporting therein said at least one storage module;
a front axle; and
a rear axle;
wherein the guide extends longitudinally along the motor vehicle between the front axle and the rear axle, and the at least one storage module is placed into the guide from a rear portion of the motor vehicle;
wherein said guide has an upwardly opening C-shaped cross-sectional configuration, with a base, upward-facing legs connected longitudinally to opposite sides of said base, and bars connected with said legs and facing one another to define therebetween a guide groove.
12. A motor vehicle, comprising:
an electric drive;
at least one storage module for electrical energy electrically connected with said electric drive;
a guide extending longitudinally along said motor vehicle, and supporting said at least one storage module therein in a longitudinally displaceable manner relative to said motor vehicle;
first and second longitudinally displaceable seating members disposed in said guide and supporting therein said at least one storage module;
a front axle; and
a rear axle;
wherein the guide extends longitudinally along the motor vehicle between the front axle and the rear axle, and the at least one storage module is placed into the guide from a rear portion of the motor vehicle;
wherein said guide includes guide grooves, and said first and second seating members are grippingly retained in said guide grooves.