US Patent 12005976 Hybrid tractor truck

The hybrid tractor truck can have a cabin supported by a frame, the frame including two transversally spaced apart beams extending behind the cabin, a fifth wheel supported by the frame behind the cabin, a front axle bearing front wheels, at least one rear axle supported by the frame behind the cabin, the at least one rear axle bearing rear wheels, a heat engine located in an engine compartment supported by the frame in front of the cabin, the heat engine drivingly connected to said at least one rear axle; and an electric machine supported by the frame behind the at least one rear axle, the electric machine being drivingly connected to the at least one rear axle, and at least one battery electrically connected to the electric machine.