Electrically driven vehicle start control device

An electrically driven vehicle start control device for controlling a starting of an electrically driven vehicle having a drive system that includes an electric motor as a power source and a transmission that converts an output from the electric motor and transmits the output to a drive wheel, in which the transmission has a plurality of engagement clutches as shifting elements that meshingly engage by movement from a disengaged position, the plurality of engagement clutches including a start clutch that is meshingly engaged in response to a starting request to connect the electric motor and the drive wheel, the electrically driven vehicle start control device comprising:

• a starting controller programmed to maintain engagement of the start clutch, if the start clutch is engaged when the vehicle is in a stopped state, for a duration including the stopped state and until a next starting request,
• the transmission having at least one starting gear shift stage in which the start clutch is engaged, and
• upon a selection operation from a traveling range to a parking range or a neutral range while the vehicle is in the stopped state, the starting controller being further programmed to maintain the at least one starting gear shift stage until a next time that the traveling range is selected.