Straddle-type electric vehicle

A straddle-type electric vehicle including a main frame that is installed so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, a pivot frame that is installed so as to extend downward from a rear portion of the main frame, and a swing arm which is supported by the pivot frame and by which a rear wheel is swingably supported, the straddle-type electric vehicle further comprising:

• a battery supported by the main frame;
• a motor unit configured to be coolable by circulation of a cooling medium;
• a control apparatus that controls the motor unit based on electric power of the battery;
• and
• a heat exchanger connected to the motor unit via a pipe that forms a flow path for the cooling medium,
• wherein the control apparatus and the heat exchanger are exposed and arranged anterior to the battery in alignment with each other, such that a traveling wind hits front surfaces of both the control apparatus and the heat exchanger.