Shifting device for electric vehicle having virtual manual transmission system

A shifting device for an electric vehicle having a virtual manual transmission system,

• wherein torque characteristics as a relation between a speed and a torque of an electric motor serving as a prime mover is selected from a plurality of the torque characteristics individually associated with each virtual gear stage, and
• the virtual gear stage is selected by a manual shifting operation,
• the shifting device comprising:
• an indicator that indicates a shift pattern having a plurality of shift positions to which the virtual gear stages are assigned;
• and
• an indication switcher that transmits a command to switch the shift pattern indicated in the indicator to another pattern,
• wherein at least any one of the number of the shift positions and the selected virtual gear stage assigned to the shift position in the shift pattern indicated in the indicator that is switched from the previous shift pattern by the indication switcher is different from the at least any one of the number of the shift positions and the selected virtual gear stage in the previous shift pattern previously indicated in the indicator.