Drive unit of electric vehicle

A drive unit of an electric vehicle in which a motor that serves as a prime mover, a power conversion equipment that controls an electric power supplied to the motor, and a terminal block that is connected with the motor through first power cables and with the power conversion equipment through second power cables, are housed in a case, comprising

• a cover that is attached to a side wall of the case,
• wherein the cover is fixed to the side wall of the case by a plurality of bolts at its outer edge,
• the terminal block is placed to be opposed to an inner surface of a portion of the case with which the outer edge of the cover is brought into contact,
• a service hole into which a tool for fixing the first power cables or the second power cables to the terminal block is inserted is formed on the side wall of the case outside the outer edge of the cover,
• a flange having a predetermined length in a direction along the outer edge of the cover is formed on the side wall of the case between the service hole and the outer edge of the cover, or on the cover along the outer edge of the cover, and
• the flange includes a marking surface on which a model code including a model code of the motor is marked.