To provide a steering wheel type electric work vehicle which has a simple motor control system and can perform quick turning travel.SOLUTION: An electric work vehicle includes: a left driving wheel and a right driving wheel which are supported by a vehicle body; a left motor for driving the left driving wheel and a right motor for driving the right driving wheel; a steering wheel; an accelerator operating tool; a turning command calculation section 52 which calculates a turning command on the basis of a steering operation amount of the steering wheel; a turning torque calculation section 551 which calculates turning torque on the basis of the turning command; a vehicle speed command calculation section 53 which calculates a vehicle speed command on the basis of the accelerator operation amount of the accelerator operating tool; a vehicle speed torque calculation section 552 which calculates vehicle speed torque on the basis of the vehicle speed command; and a speed command calculation section 56 which calculates a left motor speed command and a right motor speed command on the basis of the turning torque and the vehicle speed torque.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5【課題】モータ制御系が簡単で、かつ機敏な旋回走行が可能なスタアリングホイールタイプの電動作業車の提供。【解決手段】電動作業車は、車体に支持された左駆動輪及び右駆動輪と、左駆動輪を駆動する左モータ及び右駆動輪を駆動する右モータと、ステアリングホイールと、アクセル操作具と、ステアリングホイールの操舵操作量に基づいて旋回指令を算出する旋回指令算出部52と、旋回指令に基づいて旋回トルクを算出する旋回トルク算出部551と、アクセル操作具のアクセル操作量に基づいて車速指令を算出する車速指令算出部53と、車速指令に基づいて車速トルクを算出する車速トルク算出部552と、旋回トルクと車速トルクとに基づいて左モータ速度指令と右モータ速度指令とを算出する速度指令算出部56とを備える。【選択図】図5