Patent ID: 8538620

Claim:
A creep cutoff control device for an electric vehicle, wherein the electric vehicle is configured to run by transmitting power from an electric motor to a road wheel in accordance with a shift range selected by a shift manipulation which is done by a driver to produce a running mode of the vehicle, wherein the electric vehicle is configured to creep at a very low speed by a creep torque derived from the electric motor, wherein the electric vehicle is configured to execute a creep cutoff such that the creep torque of the electric motor is reduced when a creep-cutoff permitting condition is satisfied, the creep-cutoff permitting condition being that an absolute value of a vehicle speed is lower than a vehicle-stop determining speed value and that a braking force is larger than or equal to a set braking-force value, the creep cutoff control device comprising: a creep-cutoff-prohibiting speed-region judging section configured to judge whether or not the absolute value of the vehicle speed is lower than a creep-cutoff prohibiting speed value under a state where the creep torque is being outputted without executing the creep cutoff; and a creep-cutoff prohibiting section configured to prohibit the creep cutoff regardless of the satisfaction of the creep-cutoff permitting condition, when the creep-cutoff-prohibiting speed-region judging section determines that the absolute value of the vehicle speed is within a creep-cutoff-prohibiting speed-region, wherein the creep-cutoff-prohibiting speed-region judging section includes a creep-cutoff prohibiting timer configured to measure elapsed time for which the absolute value of the vehicle speed is lower than the creep-cutoff prohibiting speed value, wherein the creep-cutoff prohibiting section is configured to prohibit the creep cutoff when the creep-cutoff prohibiting timer indicates a set time value.