Vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorLars STENVALL
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising: at least one electric motor configured for driving the vehicle; a battery pack configured to supply the electric motor with electric power for driving the vehicle; a vehicle body frame structure configured to form a main supporting structure of the vehicle; and a collision energy absorbing system configured to absorb collision energy in the event of an accident. The collision energy absorbing system comprises a first absorbing structure that is positioned between the battery pack and a front of the vehicle, wherein the first absorbing structure is configured to, in case the vehicle is subject to a head-on collision with an object, act against said object and absorb all or most of a collision energy of the battery pack without transferring said battery pack collision energy to the vehicle body frame structure.
Claims14
Vehicle comprising:
- at least one electric motor configured for driving the vehicle,
- a battery pack configured to supply the electric motor with electric power for driving the vehicle,
- a vehicle body frame structure configured to form a main supporting structure of the vehicle, and
- a collision energy absorbing system configured to absorb collision energy in the event of an accident,
- wherein the collision energy absorbing system comprises a first absorbing structure that is positioned between the battery pack and a front of the vehicle, and
- wherein the battery pack is releasably attached to the vehicle body frame structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.