A three-wheeled electric vehicle according to EG Vehicle Class L2e-U, the three-wheeled electric vehicle comprising:
- a rigid self-supporting body configured in a frame construction, wherein frame elements of the body include round profile metal tubes and hollow rectangular profiles which are welded together;
- a telescopic suspension fork pivotably mounted at a front end of the body;
- a front wheel;
- a handle bar with various operating elements including a brake handle and an acceleration twist handle, the handle bar mounted at the telescopic suspension fork:
- two rear wheels each driven by a respective electric wheel hub motor and each supported at the body by a wheel suspension,
- wherein the respective electric wheel hub motor is fixed gearless at each rear wheel for electric propulsion, wherein the respective electric wheel hub motor includes an integrated motor control configured for a maximum nominal continuous power greater than 2 kW and less than 6 kW or for a maximum nominal continuous power of approximately 4 kW,
- wherein each rear wheel of the two ear wheels respectively includes a rear wheel disc brake system which is actuated by a hydraulic medium pressure when the brake handle is pulled to perform a regular hydraulically actuated braking operation of the rear wheel;
- a controller including data storage capability and digital data processing capability mounted on the electric vehicle which ensures that the nominal continuous power supplied by both wheel hub motors in combination does not exceed 4 kW in normal operation;
- wherein the body forms a support structure in a rear vehicle portion, wherein an exchangeable transport container is supportable and securable at the support structure by a quick release fastening system,
- wherein each rear wheel disc brake system includes an integrated electromechanical parking brake controlled by the controller wherein an actuation of the integrated electromechanical parking brake prevents a rotation of each rear wheel and sets a parking brake mode,
- wherein the quick release fastening system includes one or ore connecting arrangements, wherein each connecting arrangement includes
- a locking bar projecting outward from a base wall of the transport container, and
- a locking device permanently attached at the support structure and including an adjustable blocking member,
- wherein the locking device receives the locking bar of the transport container when the transport container is supported on the support structure and retains the locking bar through the adjustable blocking member that is in a locking bar retaining position where it retains the locking bar wherein the adjustable blocking member is movable from the locking bar retaining position into a locking bar release position distal from the locking bar where it releases the locking bar, and
- wherein the adjustable blocking member is only movable from the locking bar retaining position into the locking bar release position when each of the rear wheels is in the parking brake mode.