Patent ID: 8775004

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a power source including an electric motor which drives the vehicle and an electric control unit which controls at least the electric motor, in which; the electric control unit comprises: a measurement unit that measures, by a clock, a starting elapsed time that is a time elapsed after the vehicle starts, when the vehicle is driven only by power of the electric motor; a decision unit that decides a limit value of torque of the electric motor based upon the starting elapsed time and an accelerator opening amount instructed by a driver; and a control unit that controls the electric motor to limit the torque of the electric motor to be not more than the limit value, wherein the decision unit decides the limit value based upon a level of the accelerator opening amount out of a predetermined number of levels and the starting elapsed time, and wherein the limit value is decided larger when the level of the accelerator opening amount corresponds to a larger accelerator opening amount.