Abstract: A hybrid-propulsion vehicle, having one axle driven by an internal-combustion engine while the other is driven by a first electric motor. A second electric motor mounted in the vicinity of the internal-combustion engine acts as a servo motor, operating a servo pump when the vehicle is running on electric drive. When the vehicle is running via the internal-combustion engine, the servo motor acts as a generator for recharging the battery supply for the first electric motor.

Abstract: An automotive chassis made from extruded light metal rods held together by connecting members also made from light metal. In a preferred embodiment the rods are tubular. Rods and connecting members are provided with complementary recesses or protrusions which permit their fitting together by axial or radial movement for initial provisional assembly without requiring flexing of the assembly during the insertion of the last members completing the assembly.

Abstract: A window assembly, especially for the side door or doors of an automotive vehicle, comprises a window frame having a pair of generally parallel rails formed as channels opening toward a window pane which can be raised and lowered on the vehicle. The window pane is provided with guide shoes or like members received in and guided on the respective channels and affixed to the pane inwardly of respective edges thereof so that these edges can be engaged, even along the face of the pane provided with the shoes or guide members, by seals on the frame or vehicle body.