Electric vehicle

An electric vehicle comprising:

• a body frame supporting on a front portion thereof a steering device for a front wheel;
• a seat for a driver;
• a rear wheel disposed rearwardly of the seat, the seat and the rear wheel being mounted to rear portions of the body frame;
• a windshield covering a front side of the driver together with the steering device;
• a roof extending rearwardly from an upper end portion of the windshield to cover an upper side of the driver, the windshield and the roof being mounted to the body frame;
• an electric motor for driving the rear wheel;
• a battery for supplying the electric motor with electric power;
• wherein the body frame includes a main frame, a seat frame, a roof frame, and a shield support part wherein the main frame includes a head pipe supporting the steering device thereon;
• a battery case is continuously integral with a rear portion of the head pipe for housing the battery;
• a seat post is continuously integral with a rear portion of the battery case and rises upwardly with the seat frame being integrally connected to an upper end of the seat post for positioning the seat;
• the roof frame rises upwardly from a rear end of the seat frame to support a rear end of the roof;
• said shield support part being provided on the head pipe to project forward and, together with the windshield, to support a head lamp disposed on a front surface side of the windshield;
• and
• footrests protruding to left and right outer sides of the battery case are firmly attached to the battery case.