Vehicle drive apparatus

A vehicle drive apparatus comprising:

• a rotating electrical machine;
• a pair of output members that are drivingly coupled to a pair of wheels respectively;
• a transmission mechanism that transmits driving force between the rotating electrical machine and the pair of output members;
• an inverter device that controls driving of the rotating electrical machine, and
• a case that houses the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device, wherein
• the rotating electrical machine and the pair of output members are separately placed on two axes that are parallel to each other,
• the transmission mechanism is provided with an output gear that is drivingly coupled to at least one of the pair of output members and that is placed coaxially with the pair of output members,
• a direction in which the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device are arranged side by side in an axial view that is along an axial direction is defined as a first direction,
• a direction that is perpendicular to both the axial direction and the first direction is defined as a second direction,
• a first output member that is one of the pair of output members is placed between the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device in the first direction, at a position in the second direction where both the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device are placed,
• the output gear is placed in such a manner as to overlap each of the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device in the axial view, and
• the case is provided with a first holding chamber that holds the rotating electrical machine, a second holding chamber that holds the inverter device, and a partition wall that separates the first holding chamber and the second holding chamber from each other,
• a through hole through which wiring that connects the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device together is inserted is formed through the partition wall, and
• in a state where the vehicle drive apparatus is mounted on a vehicle, in the axial view, the through hole is placed between the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device in the first direction.