ELECTRIC VEHICLE

An electric vehicle (1) including a rechargeable secondary battery (30), an electric motor (9) for driving a running section such as wheels and the like and a controller (5) for conducting control to drive the electric motor by electric power from the secondary battery (30) is provided with a nonvolatile memory (6) for storing a password, a display and operation unit (7) for inputting a password, means (the controller (5) may also serve) for bringing the vehicle into a state capable of being driven only when the password inputted through the display and operation unit (7) matches the password stored in the memory (6).