Patent ID: 7971673

Claim:
A saddle-ride type electric vehicle comprising: a head pipe steerably supporting a front fork with lower end for journaling a front wheel and a steering handlebar; a main frame extending from the head pipe rearwardly and downwardly; and an electric motor for generating power for rotationally driving a rear wheel, said electric motor being disposed in a different position from a space surrounded by a down frame which is coupled to the head pipe or to a front end of the main frame and which extends downwardly, pivot frames are coupled to a rear end of the main frame and extend downwardly, and the main frame; a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor, said battery being disposed within the space (S); steps for resting feet of an occupant seated on an occupant seat are provided to front ends of a pair of left and right step frames which are coupled to lower portions of the pivot frames, the step frames extending forward and overlapping a rear portion of the battery in a planar view, the steps being disposed to both sides of the battery in the planar view; a bottom surface of the battery is stepped down forward, the bottom surface including a rear bottom surface disposed above the step frames and the steps in a side view and a front bottom surface disposed below the step frames and the steps between the steps and the down frame; and a vehicle body cover having a lid covering a lateral side of the battery box, the lid being openable and closable; wherein a plurality of battery cells coupled to each other to form the battery are arranged in a battery box which has an upper surface extending rearwardly and downwardly along the main frame and which is disposed in the space (S) surrounded by the main frame, the down frame, and the pivot frames, the battery cells conforming to a shape of the battery box.