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 that is surrounded by a down frame connected to the head pipe or a front end portion of the main frame and extending downward, a pivot frame connected to a rear end portion of the main frame and extending downward, and the main frame; the electric motor is disposed on a side of the rear wheel rather than the space, a rear width of the main battery is set to be narrower than a front width of the main battery when seen from above, a pair of left and right step-frames that extends forward from the pivot frame is connected to the lower portion of the pivot frame, and steps where an occupant sitting on an occupant seat puts its feet are provided at the front end of the step-frames, the step frames and the steps being disposed overlapping at both rear side of the main battery in a side view. 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 that is surrounded by a down frame connected to the head pipe or a front end portion of the main frame and extending downward, a pivot frame connected to a rear end portion of the main frame and extending downward, and the main frame; the electric motor is disposed on a side of the rear wheel rather than the space, a rear width of the main battery is set to be narrower than a front width of the main battery when seen from above, a pair of left and right step-frames that extends forward from the pivot frame is connected to the lower portion of the pivot frame, and steps where an occupant sitting on an occupant seat puts its feet are provided at the front end of the step-frames, the step frames and the steps being disposed overlapping at both rear side of the main battery in a side view. a battery supplying electric power to the electric motor is disposed in a space that is surrounded by a down frame connected to the head pipe or a front end portion of the main frame and extending downward, a pivot frame connected to a rear end portion of the main frame and extending downward, and the main frame; the electric motor is disposed on a side of the rear wheel rather than the space, a rear width of the main battery is set to be narrower than a front width of the main battery when seen from above, a pair of left and right step-frames that extends forward from the pivot frame is connected to the lower portion of the pivot frame, and steps where an occupant sitting on an occupant seat puts its feet are provided at the front end of the step-frames, the step frames and the steps being disposed overlapping at both rear side of the main battery in a side view.