Patent ID: 8905170

Claim:
A low-slung electric vehicle having a battery unit removably mounted in a battery compartment of a vehicle body, comprising: said battery compartment being disposed under a seat rearwardly of a footrest floor and opened on a front side; said battery unit being movable in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle body to be inserted from the footrest floor into the battery compartment or to be removed from the battery compartment; an electrode connector for connecting to a feeder connector of the vehicle body; a rolling roller mounted on the battery unit for rolling on a track extending in the battery compartment in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle body; a stopper disposed on the track for the rolling roller for restraining the rolling roller at a predetermined position when the battery unit is moved to a terminal position in the battery compartment; recessed/projecting fitting portions disposed between a bottom surface in the battery compartment and close to the footrest floor and a lower side of the battery unit corresponding to the bottom surface for fitting with each other when the rolling roller is restrained by the stopper; an access gate disposed on an opening side of the battery compartment and openably/closably mounted to a frame member of the vehicle body; and gate restraining means for restraining an operation of opening the access gate after the battery unit is accommodated in the battery compartment; wherein the gate restraining means is made to release the access gate from restraint by an operation of disconnecting the electrode connector from the feeder connector.