An electric motorcycle includes an electric motor, a manual transmission, a shift drum potentiometer, and an ECU. When it is determined based on an input from the shift drum potentiometer that a transmission manipulation has been performed, the ECU executes a first control operation when switching from a power transmission state to a power cut state and executes a second control operation when returning from the power cut state to the power transmission state. In the first control operation, the ECU controls an operation of the electric motor to facilitate disengagement of an engagement mechanism from a gear train of the manual transmission. In the second control operation, for facilitating engagement of the engagement mechanism with a different gear train, the ECU controls the operation of the electric motor to make a revolving speed of the different gear train close to the revolving speed of the engagement mechanism.