Drive unit for a vehicle, in particular motor assisted hand operated pallet truck

The drive unit has a hub with a housing bearer (8), a controller (2), a driven element, an electric motor (1), a star wheel transmission (3), a parking and operating brake (4), a wheel bearing (5), a drive wheel (6) and a steering linkage (7). The driven element is arranged with the driven wheel on the hub coaxially relative to the electric motor.