To provide an electric golf cart permitting space saving by disusing a cell motor for an engine of a generator and solving problems about the life caused by the use of gears and a belt.

The electric golf cart comprises a running motor 11 driven with a battery 12 as the power source and the engine-driven generator 14a for charging the battery 12. The electric golf cart also has a motor driving circuit 14c for driving the generator 14a as the motor and a control means (a main CPU 25) for driving the generator 14a using the motor driving circuit 14c at the start of the engine of the generator 14a and starting the engine with the drive force. Rotation shafts of the generator 14a and the engine are directly connected to each other.