Vehicle drive apparatus

A vehicle drive apparatus, comprising:

• a rotary electric machine;
• a transmission mechanism to which a driving force is to be transmitted from the rotary electric machine;
• a differential gear mechanism being configured to distribute the driving force, which is transmitted thereto from the rotary electric machine through the transmission mechanism, to a wheel;
• an inverter device to control driving of the rotary electric machine;
• and
• a single-piece case internally including a first chamber housing the rotary electric machine and a second chamber housing the inverter device;
• wherein
• a direction that is along a rotation axis of the rotary electric machine is defined as an axial direction,
• a direction that is perpendicular to the axial direction and to a vertical direction is defined as a front-rear direction,
• a placement region of the inverter device in the vertical direction overlaps with a placement region of the rotary electric machine in the vertical direction,
• the case includes a partition dividing the first chamber and the second chamber in the front-rear direction,
• the first chamber includes a rotary electric machine housing portion that houses the rotary electric machine and a gear housing portion that houses the transmission mechanism,
• the case includes a support wall dividing the rotary electric machine housing portion and the gear housing portion in the axial direction, and
• the partition is formed at both sides in the axial direction relative to the support wall.