Patent ID: 8862296

Claim:
An electric vehicle, comprising: a pair of left and right rear wheels configured to be driven by rotary driving power; a motor supplied with electric power, and configured to provide the rotary driving power; a rear body comprising rear body frames attached in a transversely tiltable manner with respect to a body frame and a chassis attached to the rear body frames by a pivot shaft on a vehicle forward side in a vertically swingable manner; batteries configured to provide the electric power, the batteries being located on the rear body frames, wherein the motor and the rear wheels are supported on the chassis, and wherein the batteries are housed in a battery case fixed on the rear body frames; a PDU configured as a battery control device, said PDU being located on a vehicle forward side of the battery case; and a contactor configured to open and close a connection between the batteries and the PDU, is the contactor being located on a lateral face of the battery case.