Non RC controller

I'm looking to make an electric vehicle, and was wondering if any of you know where I can get a speed controller that isn't rc. I just want to have like a lever or a knob or something like that.

All I've found so far is huge scale stuff. (it went with a 37MW with 2mil lb-ft of torque) Talk about powerful. I bet my house could do 0-60 in under 10 seconds with that thing