Abstract: An electrically-propelled vehicle, the battery of which is housed in a battery housing (20) arranged in the rear of the vehicle and under the floor (4) thereof, to be protected against front and rear collisions and restricting the load are as little as possible. The above is achieved by the floor (4) comprising a cut-out (11), larger in plan than the outline of the battery housing (20), the cut-out (11) having a reinforced edge (12), to which front and rear support pieces (13, 30) for the battery housing (20) are fixed, the rear support piece (13) being fixed to the vehicle by a pair of flanges (17, 17?) with rearward downwardly inclined stop surfaces (19) and the battery housing (20) is rigid or reinforced.

Abstract: An electrically-propelled vehicle, the battery of which is housed in a battery housing (20) arranged in the rear of the vehicle and under the floor (4) thereof, to be protected against front and rear collisions and restricting the load are as little as possible. The above is achieved by the floor (4) comprising a cut-out (11), larger in plan than the outline of the battery housing (20), the cut-out (11) having a reinforced edge (12), to which front and rear support pieces (13, 30) for the battery housing (20) are fixed, the rear support piece (13) being fixed to the vehicle by a pair of flanges (17, 17?) with rearward downwardly inclined stop surfaces (19) and the battery housing (20) is rigid or reinforced.

Abstract: A gear shift device for transmissions, comprising a plurality of gear shift rods provided with connecting members and clutch-actuating shift forks, the rods being arranged in parallel with one another and mounted to be movable in the lengthwise direction thereof, and a gear shift shaft provided with fingers engageable with the connecting members, the gear shift shaft being disposed at right angles to the gear shift rods and rotationally and axially movable around and along an axis thereof, the gear shift rods consisting of a plurality of groups of rods disposed in a plurality of positions which are spaced from each other along the axis of the gear shift shaft, the fingers being fixed to a plurality of spaced portions of the gear shift shaft so as to be opposed to the groups of gear shift rods.