Patent ID: 8418795
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: B60L,B62K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A saddle-ride electric vehicle comprising: a head pipe steerably supporting a front fork with a front wheel journaled to a lower end portion of the front fork and a steering handlebar; a main frame extending downward and rearward from the head pipe; and an electric motor generating power for rotatively driving a rear wheel, wherein a main battery supplying electric power to the electric motor is disposed in a first space (S a sub-battery that can supply electric power to the electric motor instead of the main battery is disposed in a second space (S the electric motor is disposed at a position different from the first and second spaces (S wherein a front end portion of a swing arm with the rear wheel journaled to a rear end portion of the swing arm is connected swingably up/down to the pivot frame, and the electric motor is disposed, with a rotational axis of the electric motor arranged coaxially with the rear wheel, at the rear end portion of the swing arm.