A three-wheeled electric vehicle, comprising a front-axle device having two steerable front wheels (24a, 24b) which are aligned essentially in parallel to one another in the straight-run position; a rear-axle device comprising a driven rear wheel; a vehicle frame on which the front-axle device and the rear-axle device are supported; wherein the front-axle device is formed such that, during a steering movement, the vehicle frame and the front wheels (24a, 24b) may tilt in the direction of the steering movement; wherein a compactness value KW, which is calculated from the ratio between the distance SP of the front wheels (24, 24B), which are arranged essentially in parallel to one another in the straight-run position, and the wheelbase RS measured between the front wheels (24a, 24b) and the rear wheel in the straight-run position of the front wheels (24, 24b), satisfies the following condition: with KW = SP / RS 0.35 ≤ KW ≤ 0.80 characterized in that the vehicle frame (26, 34a, 34b) is closed in itself and is formed such that it surrounds a driver with its upper body and head accommodated in the vehicle, and that a safety belt device, is arranged on the vehicle frame (26, 34a, 34b, 42a, 42b), wherein at least one holding point of the safety belt device is arranged on the vehicle frame (26, 34a, 34b, 42a, 42b) such that forces acting on the safety belt device are introduced into an upper and/or front section of the vehicle frame (26, 34a, 34b, 42a, 42b), wherein the front-axle device, together with a tilt kinematics system of the steerable front wheels (24a, 24b), is releasably connected to the vehicle frame as a complete unit. a front-axle device having two steerable front wheels (24a, 24b) which are aligned essentially in parallel to one another in the straight-run position; a rear-axle device comprising a driven rear wheel; a vehicle frame on which the front-axle device and the rear-axle device are supported; wherein the front-axle device is formed such that, during a steering movement, the vehicle frame and the front wheels (24a, 24b) may tilt in the direction of the steering movement; wherein a compactness value KW, which is calculated from the ratio between the distance SP of the front wheels (24, 24B), which are arranged essentially in parallel to one another in the straight-run position, and the wheelbase RS measured between the front wheels (24a, 24b) and the rear wheel in the straight-run position of the front wheels (24, 24b), satisfies the following condition: with KW = SP / RS 0.35 ≤ KW ≤ 0.80 characterized in that the vehicle frame (26, 34a, 34b) is closed in itself and is formed such that it surrounds a driver with its upper body and head accommodated in the vehicle, and that a safety belt device, is arranged on the vehicle frame (26, 34a, 34b, 42a, 42b), wherein at least one holding point of the safety belt device is arranged on the vehicle frame (26, 34a, 34b, 42a, 42b) such that forces acting on the safety belt device are introduced into an upper and/or front section of the vehicle frame (26, 34a, 34b, 42a, 42b), wherein the front-axle device, together with a tilt kinematics system of the steerable front wheels (24a, 24b), is releasably connected to the vehicle frame as a complete unit.