operator may be seated on a suitable seat neither of which are shown behind an accelerator pedal 28 for controlling the speed of the electric motor 25 a brake pedal 29 for operating the wheel brakes 27 and a steering wheel 31 for steering the front wheels 23 in any desired manner also juxtaposed to the operator 39 s position is a main switch 32 and a direction control switch 33 for controlling the direction of travel of the golf cart 21 by controlling the direction of rotation of the motor 25 the main switch 32 and the direction control switch 33 are connected to a controller 34 operation of the accelerator pedal 28 is transmitted to an on off pedal switch 35 and an accelerator opening degree sensor 36 connected to the controller 34 to send on or off state of the accelerator 28 and its degree of opening to the controller 34 a plurality of batteries 37 as power sources are mounted suitably on the body frame 22 and are connected through a relay 38 to the controller 34 referring now to fig2 this is a circuit block diagram of the electric vehicle 21 using the shunt motor 25 and embodying the invention electric power sent from the batteries 37 is supplied through the relay 38 to an mpu 39 having a memory and a control.