PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent liquid like rain water, etc. dropping on a cover member of a front basket from flowing to the driver side and inside the front basket.SOLUTION: In a small electric vehicle 1 which includes a vehicle body 2, a handle unit supported so as to be rotatable by the vehicle body, a front basket 9 mounted in a more front side position in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the handle unit of the vehicle body, and a cover member 17 arranged so as to cover the vehicle longitudinal direction of an upper opening section 15 of the front basket between the upper opening section and the lower surface of the handle unit, the cover member is bent in the direction above the vehicle so that a height position of the center section of the cover member becomes higher than the outer peripheral edge section, and a rear side convex section 25 and a front side convex section 26 are formed so as to extend along each peripheral edge section in a rear side peripheral edge section area and a front side peripheral edge section area, respectively, of the peripheral edge section and protrude upward from the surface of the cover member.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】フロントバスケットの蓋部材に落ちた雨水などの液体が乗員側やフロントバスケット内に流れ込むのを防止する。【解決手段】車体2と、車体に回動可能に支持されたハンドルユニットと、車体のハンドルユニットより車両前後方向の前側位置に設けられたフロントバスケット9と、フロントバスケットの上部開口部15とハンドルユニットの下面との間に、上部開口部の車両前後方向を覆うように配置される蓋部材17と、を備えた小型電動車両1において、蓋部材を、この蓋部材の外周縁部に対して中央部の高さ位置が高くなるように車両上方に湾曲させ、外周縁部のうち後側外縁部の領域と前側外縁部の領域とに、それぞれの外縁部に沿って延びて、蓋部材の表面から上方に突出する後側凸部25と前側凸部26とを形成したことを特徴とする。【選択図】図1
