ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME

An electric vehicle (1) comprises a rechargeable secondary battery (30), an electric motor (9) for driving a running section such as wheels, and a controller (5) for conducting control to drive the electric motor (9) by use of the power from the secondary battery (30). The electric vehicle further comprises a clock means (7) for counting the current time, a wheel rotation detector (10) for detecting the rotation of a wheel, and an interface means (15) for storing in a detachable and attachable external storage medium vehicle management information created by the controller (5) based on information from the clock means (7) and the wheel rotation detector (10) and for reading the stored information.