Two-speed electric drive-unit

A motor vehicle comprising:

• a first road wheel and a second road wheel;
• an electric drive-unit encased in a drive-unit housing and configured to power the first and second road wheels, the drive-unit including:
• an electric motor configured to generate an electric motor torque;
• a first output member connected to the first road wheel and a second output member connected to the second road wheel;
• a first planetary gear-set having first, second, and third nodes, wherein one of the first, second, and third nodes of the first gear-set is directly connected to the electric motor;
• a second planetary gear-set having first, second, and third nodes, wherein one of the first, second, and third nodes of the second gear-set is directly connected to the first planetary gear-set, another of the first, second, and third nodes of the second gear-set is directly connected to the first output member, and the remaining of the first, second, and third nodes of the second gear-set is node fixed to the drive-unit housing;
• a third planetary gear-set having first, second, and third nodes, wherein one of the first, second, and third nodes of the third gear-set is directly connected to the first planetary gear-set and another of the first, second, and third nodes of the second gear-set is directly connected to the second output member;
• a first torque-transmitting device configured to selectively connect one of the nodes of the third planetary gear-set to the drive-unit housing to thereby affect the first speed-ratio;
• and
• a second torque-transmitting device configured to selectively connect one of the nodes of the first planetary gear-set to one of the nodes of the third planetary gear-set to thereby affect the second speed-ratio.