Patent ID: 8177003

Claim:
A fuel cell electric vehicle comprising: power outputting means for driving a pair of wheels; electricity generating means for generating electricity used in the power outputting means with the electricity generating means being disposed above the power outputting means; and fluid supplying/discharging means for transporting the fuel gas, the oxidizing gas and the coolant to or from the electricity generating means from lateral end portions of a lower part of the electricity generating means so that the fuel gas, the oxidizing gas and the coolant supplied from the fluid supplying/discharging means to the electricity generating means and discharged from the electricity generating means to the fluid supplying/discharging means flow in a substantially vertical direction with respect to a vehicle without the fuel gas, the oxidizing gas and the coolant passing through a center portion between the lower part of the electricity generating means and an upper part of the power outputting means with respect to a lateral direction of the vehicle.