Drive arrangement for an electric vehicle

An electric sports car, comprising:

• an electric axle having first and second electric machines disposed substantially back to back along a transverse direction of the electric vehicle, first and second transmissions combined respectively with the first and second electric machines, first and second articulated shaft flanges joined respectively by the first and second transmissions, first and second articulated shafts joined respectively to the first and second articulated shaft flanges and first and second individually suspended rear wheels joined respectively to the first and second articulated shafts so that first and second electric machines can drive the respective first and second wheels, the electric axle being disposed so that a lower part of the electric axle is at a height substantially aligned with an underfloor of the electric sports car;
• at least one electric energy store that can be discharged to provide power to at least one of the first and second electric machines when at least one of the first and second electric machines is operated as a motor and that can be charged when at least one of the first and second electric machines is operated as a generator, the electric energy store being located forward of the electric axle and rearward of a passenger compartment of the vehicle and so that a lower end of the energy store is substantially aligned with the lower part of the electric axle;
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• a converter unit with frequency converters assigned respectively to the two electric machines, the frequency converters converting alternating current of the electric machines into direct current for the electric energy store, the converter unit being substantially adjacent the electric axle and on a side of the electric axle opposite the electric energy store.