Methods and systems for an electric drive arrangement

A drive arrangement for a vehicle comprising:

• a housing;
• a double planetary gear set partially or fully contained within the housing, the double planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a second sun gear, a first set of planetary gears, a second set of planetary gears, a planetary gear carrier, and a ring gear;
• an input shaft selectively engaged with the double planetary gear set, the input shaft coupled to and configured to receive torque from an electric motor;
• a first clutch assembly coupled to the input shaft and selectively engaged with the double planetary gear set;
• a second clutch assembly coupled to the input shaft and selectively engaged with the double planetary gear set;
• and
• a sliding spline coupled to the input shaft and selectively engaged with the double planetary gear set,
• wherein components of the double planetary gear set are lockable thereby providing three different gear ratios, and
• wherein the sliding spline is splined to the first sun gear during non-operation of the vehicle.