Driveline including a variable end reducer assembly

A driveline assembly for a vehicle, comprising:

• an electric motor having an output shaft;
• a differential coupled with the output shaft and configured to receive torque from the output shaft
• at least one primary shaft coupled with the differential and rotatable about an axis;
• at least one reducer assembly coupled with the at least one primary shaft and including a wheel output directly coupled with a wheel of a vehicle, the reducer assembly comprising;
• a sun gear rotatable about the axis with the primary shaft,
• a plurality of planet gears meshed with and rotatable about the sun gear and each including a center,
• a ring positioned about and meshed with the planet gears,
• a planet carrier rotatably connected to the center of each of the planet gears and rotatable about the axis,
• the wheel output fixed to the planet carrier and rotatable about the axis,
• a sliding clutch movable between a high torque position and a low torque position, wherein the sliding clutch fixes the ring to a ground in the high torque position to provide a gear reduction between the primary shaft and the wheel output, and wherein the sliding clutch fixes the ring to the planet carrier in the low torque position to provide a 1:1 gear ratio between the input shaft and the wheel output, and
• a controller connected with the electric motor and the sliding clutch for first driving an output of the electric motor at a no-torque speed at which no torque is transmitted to the wheel output and then selectively providing shifting of the sliding clutch between the high torque and low torque positions.