To provide an electric vehicle capable of enhancing the impact absorbing effect by improving the structure of a cooling unit.

Two cooling flow passage blocks 26a, 26b in a cooling unit 24 are arranged with a step in the vertical direction. The two cooling flow passage blocks 26a, 26b are joined with each other via a joining member 28. When a vehicle is subjected to an impact load exceeding the permissible value in the forward direction of the vehicle, the joining member 28 is deformed. Then, the cooling unit 24 is elastically deformed while the shapes of the refrigerant flow passage blocks 26a, 26b of relatively high rigidity are substantially maintained, the crushable zone of a vehicle is effectively utilized and damages in a cabin can be reduced thereby.