Patent ID: 8376075
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B62K

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 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 battery supplying electric power to the electric motor is disposed in a space (S the electric motor is disposed on a side of the rear wheel rather than the space (S wherein a plurality of cells is combined with each other to form the battery, wherein the cells are stacked one above the other in multiple vertical stacks, wherein a width of the stacks of the cells adjacent to the down frame is larger in a lateral direction of the vehicle than a width of the stacks of the cells adjacent to the pivot frame.