Patent ID: 6921870

Claim:
A shifting mechanism mounted on an electric vehicle to couple with a first switch to control the first switch to selectively effect a forward rotation, and a reverse rotation of a vehicle motor of the electric vehicle, and to couple with a second switch to switch the second switch between a high rotation speed position and a low rotation speed position, to respectively effect a high rotation speed and a low rotation speed of the vehicle motor, comprising: a universal joint fixedly mounted on the electric vehicle; an operation bar located on the universal joint, and having a hand grip section on an upper end for users to move the operation bar, and a free lower end movable to actuate a select one of the first and second switches; and a guiding means fixedly mounted on the electric vehicle for restricting the free end of the operation bar to move reciprocally in a first moving path and a second moving path, the first moving path and the second moving path extending in different directions, the free end being allowed to move in the first moving path to actuate the first switch, and in the second moving path to actuate the second switch; wherein when the free end of the operation bar is moved from the second moving path to the first moving path, the second switch is automatically and always first switched to the low rotation speed position; and wherein since the first moving path and the second moving path extends in different directions, a user is prevented from accidentally moving the operation bar from the first moving path to the second moving path, and from accidentally moving the operation bar from the second moving path to the first moving path, thereby ensuring the first and second switches are not inadvertently actuated.