Patent ID: 8761980

Claim:
A start support apparatus to be disposed in an electromotive vehicle that uses a motor as a travel driving source, comprising: a requested driving force calculation portion configured to calculate a requested driving force that is generated at the motor based on operation by a driver of the electromotive vehicle; a road state information acquisition portion configured to acquire information about at least one of a road surface resistance and a gradient of a current position of the electromotive vehicle; a startable driving force calculation portion, including a microcomputer, configured to calculate a startable driving force that is required to be generated at the motor for starting the electromotive vehicle from a state where the electromotive vehicle has stopped, wherein the startable driving force calculation portion is configured to calculate the startable driving force based on the information acquired by the road state information acquisition portion; and a display device, including a display, configured to show a degree of gap between the requested driving force and the startable driving force.