Electric propulsion system for a vehicle, particularly a battery-powered e-bike, S-Pedelac, e-bike with control in different modes

A drive system for a vehicle, the drive system including:

• a drive motor,
• a first, continuously variable, transmission, wherein the first transmission and the drive motor are configured to be arranged in a central region of the vehicle, and wherein the first transmission includes an output shaft,
• a central shaft,
• a second transmission configured to couple the drive motor to the central shaft, wherein the central shaft is connected to an input of the first transmission, either directly or via a third transmission, or forms an input shaft of the first transmission, and
• a fourth transmission configured to connect the output shaft of the first transmission to a rear wheel shaft of the vehicle, wherein a rotational speed of the output shaft of the first transmission is transferred to a driven wheel, with a ratio, no/nw, between a rotational speed, no, of the output shaft of the first transmission and of a rotational speed, nw, of the driven wheel of no/nw>1, via the fourth transmission, with a belt or chain.