US Patent 10968986 Electric vehicle

An electric vehicle includes a disc fixed to a housing. The electric vehicle also includes a first shaft connected to a motor and rotatable by the motor, and a second shaft connected to a wheel and spaced apart from the first shaft. Further, the electric vehicle includes a hub press-fitted to an outer circumference of the second shaft, and a sleeve spline-coupled with an outer circumference of the hub. The sleeve is slidable between the first shaft and the disc. The electric vehicle operates in any one of a driving mode, a neutral mode, and a parking mode according to a position of the sleeve.