A control method for an electric vehicle, in which a motor is used as a traveling drive source and deceleration is performed by a regenerative braking force of the motor, the electric vehicle including a towing unit configured to tow a separate object, the method is configured to: acquire an accelerator operation amount; acquire a total mass of the electric vehicle, estimate a disturbance torque acting on the electric vehicle; acquire an angular velocity of a rotary body correlated with a rotation velocity of a driving shaft for driving the electric vehicle; estimate a vehicle body speed of the electric vehicle by using a transmission characteristic from the angular velocity of the rotary body to a speed of the electric vehicle; calculate a torque command value for the motor based on the acquired total mass of the electric vehicle; control a torque generated in the motor based on the torque command value; and converge the torque command value to the disturbance torque as the estimated vehicle body speed decreases, when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or less than a predetermined value and the electric vehicle stops; characterized in that the method is configured to: acquire a stroke amount of a suspension provided on a wheel of the electric vehicle as a parameter correlated with the total mass of the electric vehicle, wherein the total mass of the electric vehicle is estimated based on the acquired stroke amount; measure a load applied to the towing unit when the electric vehicle tows the separate object; correct the total mass of the electric vehicle based on the measured load applied to the towing unit and the torque command value when the electric vehicle tows the separate object. the electric vehicle including a towing unit configured to tow a separate object, the method is configured to: acquire an accelerator operation amount; acquire a total mass of the electric vehicle, estimate a disturbance torque acting on the electric vehicle; acquire an angular velocity of a rotary body correlated with a rotation velocity of a driving shaft for driving the electric vehicle; estimate a vehicle body speed of the electric vehicle by using a transmission characteristic from the angular velocity of the rotary body to a speed of the electric vehicle; calculate a torque command value for the motor based on the acquired total mass of the electric vehicle; control a torque generated in the motor based on the torque command value; and converge the torque command value to the disturbance torque as the estimated vehicle body speed decreases, when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or less than a predetermined value and the electric vehicle stops; acquire an accelerator operation amount; acquire a total mass of the electric vehicle, estimate a disturbance torque acting on the electric vehicle; acquire an angular velocity of a rotary body correlated with a rotation velocity of a driving shaft for driving the electric vehicle; estimate a vehicle body speed of the electric vehicle by using a transmission characteristic from the angular velocity of the rotary body to a speed of the electric vehicle; calculate a torque command value for the motor based on the acquired total mass of the electric vehicle; control a torque generated in the motor based on the torque command value; and converge the torque command value to the disturbance torque as the estimated vehicle body speed decreases, when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or less than a predetermined value and the electric vehicle stops; characterized in that the method is configured to: acquire a stroke amount of a suspension provided on a wheel of the electric vehicle as a parameter correlated with the total mass of the electric vehicle, wherein the total mass of the electric vehicle is estimated based on the acquired stroke amount; measure a load applied to the towing unit when the electric vehicle tows the separate object; correct the total mass of the electric vehicle based on the measured load applied to the towing unit and the torque command value when the electric vehicle tows the separate object. acquire a stroke amount of a suspension provided on a wheel of the electric vehicle as a parameter correlated with the total mass of the electric vehicle, wherein the total mass of the electric vehicle is estimated based on the acquired stroke amount; measure a load applied to the towing unit when the electric vehicle tows the separate object; correct the total mass of the electric vehicle based on the measured load applied to the towing unit and the torque command value when the electric vehicle tows the separate object.