A two-wheeled electric vehicle having a drive wheel and comprising: a battery; a three-phase AC electric motor, including coils (5U, 5V, 5W) of three phases, for generating a driving force to be transmitted to the drive wheel when a current is supplied from the battery; a motor controller for controlling the supply of current from the battery to the coils (5U, 5V, 5W) of the electric motor; an accelerator operator operated by a rider; and an accelerator operation detection means for detecting an operation amount of the accelerator operator; characterized in that the three-phase AC electric motor generates a prescribed braking torque when the coils (5U, 5V, 5W) of three phases are short-circuited, and the motor controller includes a short-circuit control means (280, 330) for short-circuiting the coils (5U, 5V, 5W) of three phases to put the electric motor in a short-circuited state in response to meeting of a predetermined short-circuiting condition, a release control means (280, 330) for releasing the short-circuited state in response to meeting of a predetermined release condition when the electric motor is in the short-circuited state, and a regeneration control means (280, 311, 340) for executing a regeneration operation of supplying a regenerative current, generated by the electric motor, to the battery when the operation amount of the accelerator operator detected by the accelerator operation detection means is zero, and for controlling the regenerative current so that the electric motor generates the prescribed braking torque when the short-circuited state is released by the release control means (280, 330). a battery; a three-phase AC electric motor, including coils (5U, 5V, 5W) of three phases, for generating a driving force to be transmitted to the drive wheel when a current is supplied from the battery; a motor controller for controlling the supply of current from the battery to the coils (5U, 5V, 5W) of the electric motor; an accelerator operator operated by a rider; and an accelerator operation detection means for detecting an operation amount of the accelerator operator; characterized in that the three-phase AC electric motor generates a prescribed braking torque when the coils (5U, 5V, 5W) of three phases are short-circuited, and the motor controller includes a short-circuit control means (280, 330) for short-circuiting the coils (5U, 5V, 5W) of three phases to put the electric motor in a short-circuited state in response to meeting of a predetermined short-circuiting condition, a release control means (280, 330) for releasing the short-circuited state in response to meeting of a predetermined release condition when the electric motor is in the short-circuited state, and a regeneration control means (280, 311, 340) for executing a regeneration operation of supplying a regenerative current, generated by the electric motor, to the battery when the operation amount of the accelerator operator detected by the accelerator operation detection means is zero, and for controlling the regenerative current so that the electric motor generates the prescribed braking torque when the short-circuited state is released by the release control means (280, 330).