Patent ID: 8418795

Claim:
A saddle-ride electric vehicle comprising: a head pipe steerably supporting a front fork with a front wheel journaled to a lower end portion of the front fork 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 main battery supplying electric power to the electric motor is disposed in a first space (S 1 ) 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; a sub-battery that can supply electric power to the electric motor instead of the main battery is disposed in a second space (S 2 ) that is surrounded by a seat rail connected to a rear portion of the main frame to support an occupant seat and the main frame; and the electric motor is disposed at a position different from the first and second spaces (S 1 and S 2 ), wherein a front end portion of a swing arm with the rear wheel journaled to a rear end portion of the swing arm is connected swingably up/down to the pivot frame, and the electric motor is disposed, with a rotational axis of the electric motor arranged coaxially with the rear wheel, at the rear end portion of the swing arm.