The invention provides a driving apparatus for use in an electric vehicle. The driving apparatus can smoothly adjust a torque based on a rider's feeling while the electric vehicle is traveling based on an operation of an accelerator operator, is excellent in ease of use and in riding comfort, and is suitable for purposes intimately involved in daily lives. The driving apparatus for use the electric vehicle includes a rotating electric machine configured to drive a wheel that is rotatably mounted to a vehicle body; a hand-operated accelerator configured to be operated by the hands of a rider; an accelerator operation detection part that detects the amount of operation of the hand-operated accelerator; a current adjustment input member configured such that a torque used for adjustment of a current value supplied to the rotating electric machine is inputted to the current adjustment input member by the feet of the rider, at least part of the torque being transmitted to a wheel that is rotatably mounted to the vehicle body; a torque detection part that detects a torque transmitted from the current adjustment input member to the wheel; and a control device that supplies, to the rotating electric machine, a current in accordance with the amount of operation of the hand-operated accelerator detected by the accelerator operation detection part.