Hybrid vehicle

A hybrid vehicle comprising:

• an internal combustion engine;
• an electric-power generator that receives a drive force generated by the internal combustion engine and generates electric power;
• an electric motor that receives a supply of electric power generated by the electric-power generator and drives a drive wheel;
• a first transmission device that transmits the drive force generated by the internal combustion engine to the drive wheel;
• a second transmission device that transmits the drive force generated by the internal combustion engine to the electric-power generator;
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• a case that accommodates the first transmission device and the second transmission device,
• the first transmission device having a first input gear, a first output gear, a first intermediate gear and a connection-disconnection device,
• the first input gear being configured to receive the drive force as an input from the internal combustion engine,
• the first output gear being configured to output the drive force to the drive wheel,
• the first intermediate gear being configured to transmit the drive force between the first input gear and the first output gear,
• the connection-disconnection device being configured to switch between disconnecting and connecting a path along which the drive force is inputted to the first input gear,
• the second transmission device having a second input gear, a second output gear and a second intermediate gear,
• the second input gear being configured to receive the drive force as an input from the internal combustion engine,
• the second output gear being configured to output the drive force to the electric power generator,
• the second intermediate gear being configured to transmit the drive force between the second input gear and the second output gear,
• a rotational axis of the first intermediate gear being positioned vertically higher than a straight line that links a rotational axis of the first input gear and a rotational axis of the first output gear as seen from a direction along the rotational axes of the first input and output gears, and
• the rotational axis of the first intermediate gear being positioned vertically higher than a rotational axis of the second intermediate gear as seen from the direction along the rotational axes of the first and second intermediate gears.