Electric drive vehicle

An electric drive vehicle comprising a current collecting device installed at an upper portion of a vehicle body and receiving an electric power from an overhead wire,

• wherein the current collecting device includes:
• a framework having an underframe, a lower frame that is pivotably linked to the underframe, and an upper frame that is pivotably linked to the lower frame;
• a current collecting portion that is supported by the upper frame;
• and
• a lock mechanism that holds the framework in a predetermined posture,
• the framework is capable of moving up and down between a standing posture in which the current collecting portion is ascended and a folded posture in which the current collecting portion is descended, and
• the lock mechanism includes an adsorption plate made of a magnetic material provided in the upper frame, and a hook device which is equipped with an electromagnet and adsorbs to hold the adsorption plate by a magnetic force to hold the framework in the folded posture as the predetermined posture.