A control apparatus for an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle including a front motor configured to output a torque to a front wheel (FL, FR) of the electric vehicle by supply and reception of power to and from a power source, a rear motor configured to output a torque to a rear wheel (RL, RR) of the electric vehicle by supply and reception of power to and from the power source, and a brake apparatus capable of providing a frictional braking force to each of the front wheel (FL, FR) and the rear wheel (RL, RR), the control apparatus comprising: - a regenerative braking force calculation portion that is configured to calculate a regenerative braking force to be generated on the front motor and the rear motor based on a request braking force requested to the electric vehicle; - a power limit portion that is configured to reduce the regenerative braking force based on a power limit on the power source; and - a frictional braking force output portion that is configured to output an instruction for generating the frictional braking force according to a regenerative braking force reduction amount, which is an amount of a reduction in the regenerative braking force by the power limit portion, to the brake apparatus, characterized in that: - an ideal characteristic of a distribution of a braking force to the rear wheel (RL, RR) in relation to the braking force to the front wheel (FL, FR) is concave, - a relative relationship between the frictional braking force of the front wheel (FL, FR) and the frictional braking force of the rear wheel (RL, RR) generated by the brake apparatus is linear, and - the power limit portion is configured to reduce the regenerative braking force in such a manner that a regenerative braking force reduction ratio, which is a ratio of the regenerative braking force reduction amount of the rear motor to the regenerative braking force reduction amount of the front motor, - matches a frictional braking force front-rear ratio, which is a ratio of the frictional braking force of the rear wheel (RL, RR) to the frictional braking force of the front wheel (FL, FR), and - falls below a braking force request ratio, which is a ratio of the regenerative braking force of the rear motor to the regenerative braking force of the front motor that is calculated by the regenerative braking force calculation portion. - a regenerative braking force calculation portion that is configured to calculate a regenerative braking force to be generated on the front motor and the rear motor based on a request braking force requested to the electric vehicle; - a power limit portion that is configured to reduce the regenerative braking force based on a power limit on the power source; and - a frictional braking force output portion that is configured to output an instruction for generating the frictional braking force according to a regenerative braking force reduction amount, which is an amount of a reduction in the regenerative braking force by the power limit portion, to the brake apparatus, - an ideal characteristic of a distribution of a braking force to the rear wheel (RL, RR) in relation to the braking force to the front wheel (FL, FR) is concave, - a relative relationship between the frictional braking force of the front wheel (FL, FR) and the frictional braking force of the rear wheel (RL, RR) generated by the brake apparatus is linear, and - the power limit portion is configured to reduce the regenerative braking force in such a manner that a regenerative braking force reduction ratio, which is a ratio of the regenerative braking force reduction amount of the rear motor to the regenerative braking force reduction amount of the front motor, - matches a frictional braking force front-rear ratio, which is a ratio of the frictional braking force of the rear wheel (RL, RR) to the frictional braking force of the front wheel (FL, FR), and - falls below a braking force request ratio, which is a ratio of the regenerative braking force of the rear motor to the regenerative braking force of the front motor that is calculated by the regenerative braking force calculation portion.