A straddle-type electric vehicle comprising: a front wheel and a rear wheel; a seat at least part of which is, with respect to the vehicle, provided forward of the rear wheel; a body cover comprising: a foot rest portion which is provided between the front wheel and the rear wheel and which supports feet of an occupant who is seated on the seat from therebelow; and a leg shield which is provided between the foot rest portion and the front wheel and which has a surface extending in an up-and-down direction; and a receptacle for charging the straddle-type electric vehicle is provided in a position facing an opening portion, wherein the opening portion is provided on the body cover in a position which is within a width of the leg shield in a left-and-right direction of the vehicle and between the leg shield and the rear wheel in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, the receptacle is provided with a connection port, characterized in that the receptacle having male terminals (33a, 33b) is configured to be connected with a gun-type plug for charging the straddle-type electric vehicle having a plug portion having female terminals (41a, 41b) which are to be connected with the male terminals (33a, 33b) of the receptacle and a grip portion which is used as a handle, so as to be slant with respect to a longitudinal direction of the plug portion, a line segment connecting two male terminals that are made thick with respect to the other male terminals is defined as a receptacle-side terminal arrange direction, a line segment connecting two female terminals that are made thick with respect to the other female terminals is defined as a plug-side terminal arrange direction, wherein the grip portion protrudes from the plug portion in the plug-side terminal arrange direction and the plug-side terminal arrange direction matches the receptacle-side terminal arrange direction when the gun-type plug is inserted to the receptacle, and the receptacle is provided so that the connecting port to which the gun-type plug is inserted faces upward, and the receptacle is provided so that the receptacle terminal arrange direction is slant rearward diagonal left with respect to the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, so that at least a part of the grip portion of the gun-type plug is, with respect to the vehicle, positioned leftward of the plug portion of the gun-type plug when the gun-type plug is inserted to the receptacle to be connected with the receptacle. a front wheel and a rear wheel; a seat at least part of which is, with respect to the vehicle, provided forward of the rear wheel; a body cover comprising: a foot rest portion which is provided between the front wheel and the rear wheel and which supports feet of an occupant who is seated on the seat from therebelow; and a leg shield which is provided between the foot rest portion and the front wheel and which has a surface extending in an up-and-down direction; and a receptacle for charging the straddle-type electric vehicle is provided in a position facing an opening portion, a foot rest portion which is provided between the front wheel and the rear wheel and which supports feet of an occupant who is seated on the seat from therebelow; and a leg shield which is provided between the foot rest portion and the front wheel and which has a surface extending in an up-and-down direction; and a receptacle for charging the straddle-type electric vehicle is provided in a position facing an opening portion, wherein the opening portion is provided on the body cover in a position which is within a width of the leg shield in a left-and-right direction of the vehicle and between the leg shield and the rear wheel in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, the receptacle is provided with a connection port, characterized in that the receptacle having male terminals (33a, 33b) is configured to be connected with a gun-type plug for charging the straddle-type electric vehicle having a plug portion having female terminals (41a, 41b) which are to be connected with the male terminals (33a, 33b) of the receptacle and a grip portion which is used as a handle, so as to be slant with respect to a longitudinal direction of the plug portion, a line segment connecting two male terminals that are made thick with respect to the other male terminals is defined as a receptacle-side terminal arrange direction, a line segment connecting two female terminals that are made thick with respect to the other female terminals is defined as a plug-side terminal arrange direction, wherein the grip portion protrudes from the plug portion in the plug-side terminal arrange direction and the plug-side terminal arrange direction matches the receptacle-side terminal arrange direction when the gun-type plug is inserted to the receptacle, and the receptacle is provided so that the connecting port to which the gun-type plug is inserted faces upward, and the receptacle is provided so that the receptacle terminal arrange direction is slant rearward diagonal left with respect to the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, so that at least a part of the grip portion of the gun-type plug is, with respect to the vehicle, positioned leftward of the plug portion of the gun-type plug when the gun-type plug is inserted to the receptacle to be connected with the receptacle.