Patent ID: 8892292

Claim:
An electric vehicle comprising: an electric motor for driving a drive wheel; an acceleration operation member for activating the electric motor; an activated state switching member which is capable of being operated to be placed in non-switched state or in a switched state and is provided separately from the acceleration operation member, so that the activated state switching member and the acceleration operation member can be simultaneously operated with different hands, respectively; and a controller for controlling an activated state of the electric motor in response to an operation of the acceleration operation member and an operation of the activated state switching member; wherein when the acceleration operation member is operated in a state in which the activated state switching member is placed in the non-switched state, the controller supplies to the electric motor electric power corresponding to an operation amount of the acceleration operation member; and wherein in a state in which the activated state switching member is placed in the switched state, the controller does not supply to the electric motor the electric power corresponding to an operation amount of the acceleration operation member, even when the acceleration operation member is operated.