CPC F16H 3/126 (2013.01) [B60K 17/165 (2013.01); B60K 17/24 (2013.01); F16H 48/05 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. An axle assembly comprising:
an electric motor having a rotor that is rotatable about a first axis;
a countershaft that is rotatable about a countershaft axis;
a drop gear set that operatively connects the rotor to the countershaft;
a drive pinion that is rotatable about a drive pinion axis;
a countershaft transmission that operatively connects the countershaft to the drive pinion;
a differential assembly that is operatively connected to the drive pinion, wherein the electric motor and the countershaft transmission are positioned on opposite sides of the differential assembly; and
a housing that receives the countershaft transmission, a first clutch, and a first actuator that is mounted to an outside of the housing, wherein the countershaft transmission has a set of countershaft gears, and the first actuator is configured to actuate the first clutch to selectively couple a first member of the set of countershaft gears to the countershaft.
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