An electric travelling vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; a power device that includes an electric motor that is driven by being excited, and an electromagnetic power-off brake; a drive wheel configured to be driven by power from the power device; a steering operation part configured to be displaced to a forward travel position, a neutral position, and a rearward travel position from one to another by a manual operation; a motor controller configured to control the electric motor based on displacement of the steering operation part; a brake controller configured to bring the electromagnetic power-off brake into a released state or a braking state; and a travel state detector configured to detect a travelling state that is accompanied with the released state, a stopped state that is accompanied with the braking state, and a transit stopped state that is accompanied with the braking state and is a transit state between the stopped state and the travelling state, characterized in that: the electric travelling vehicle comprises a brake operation part of a manual operation type, wherein the brake operation part being configured to be switchable to a first position to make a request to bring the electromagnetic power-off brake into the released state, and to a second position to make a request to bring the electromagnetic power-off brake into the braking state, a transition from the travelling state to the transit stopped state occurs on a condition that, in the travelling state, the steering operation part has been returned to the neutral position and a predetermined first period of time has elapsed upon a rotational speed of the electric motor decreasing below a very low rotational speed, a transition from the transit stopped state to the stopped state occurs at least on a condition that, in the transit stopped state, the brake operation part has been switched to the second position, and a transition from the stopped state to the transit stopped state occurs at least on a condition that, in the stopped state, the brake operation part has been switched to the first position. a vehicle body; a power device that includes an electric motor that is driven by being excited, and an electromagnetic power-off brake; a drive wheel configured to be driven by power from the power device; a steering operation part configured to be displaced to a forward travel position, a neutral position, and a rearward travel position from one to another by a manual operation; a motor controller configured to control the electric motor based on displacement of the steering operation part; a brake controller configured to bring the electromagnetic power-off brake into a released state or a braking state; and a travel state detector configured to detect a travelling state that is accompanied with the released state, a stopped state that is accompanied with the braking state, and a transit stopped state that is accompanied with the braking state and is a transit state between the stopped state and the travelling state, the electric travelling vehicle comprises a brake operation part of a manual operation type, wherein the brake operation part being configured to be switchable to a first position to make a request to bring the electromagnetic power-off brake into the released state, and to a second position to make a request to bring the electromagnetic power-off brake into the braking state, a transition from the travelling state to the transit stopped state occurs on a condition that, in the travelling state, the steering operation part has been returned to the neutral position and a predetermined first period of time has elapsed upon a rotational speed of the electric motor decreasing below a very low rotational speed, a transition from the transit stopped state to the stopped state occurs at least on a condition that, in the transit stopped state, the brake operation part has been switched to the second position, and a transition from the stopped state to the transit stopped state occurs at least on a condition that, in the stopped state, the brake operation part has been switched to the first position.