Patent ID: 8668037

Claim:
A saddle-ride-type electrically-operated vehicle which includes rear wheels on right and left sides of a rear portion of a vehicle body, comprising: a motor for traveling driving which drives the rear wheels; an upper battery that is disposed between the rear wheels and relatively above the motor, said upper battery also being located between front and rear ends of the rear wheels; and a lower battery that is placed between the right and left rear wheels, said lower battery being disposed entirely vertically below the upper battery and forward of a rear axle interconnecting said right and left rear wheels, wherein the lower battery and the motor are arranged in a distributed manner over the axle of the rear wheels between a vehicle front side of the axle of the rear wheels and a vehicle rear side of the axle of the rear wheels, an upper end portion of a rear cushion is supported on a vehicle body frame, and the upper battery and the motor are supported on a lower end of the rear cushion.