Patent ID: 8297387

Claim:
An electric vehicle, comprising: a motor; a power unit for driving the motor; an air conditioning unit; and a cooling structure for cooling the power unit of the electric vehicle, the cooling structure including a duct which has a first end joined to the air conditioning unit and a second end joined to the power unit, the duct defining an airstream flow path through which cold airstreams from the air conditioning unit is guided to the power unit, the duct being shaped in accordance with a shape of a vehicle interior near a front passenger side, and provided under the front passenger side, wherein the second end has an opening which is positioned higher than a lowest bottom surface of the duct, the duct has a plurality of ribs near the floor, the ribs dividing the airstream flow path, the duct has a shoulder extending from the first end of an intermediate part thereof, the first end of the duct and the shoulder at the intermediate part thereof are housed in a center console that defines an interior of the electric vehicle, and the shoulder is shaped in accordance with a shape of the center console.