Apparatus and method for controlling electric vehicle including twin clutches

An apparatus of controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• twin clutches configured to selectively cut off power supplied from a drive motor to a pair of drive wheels of the vehicle, wherein torque applied to the twin clutches are independently controlled, and size of driving torque distributed to each drive wheel through the twin clutches are adjusted;
• a driving information detector configured to detect driving information of the vehicle;
• a vehicle controller configured to control the drive motor provided in the vehicle;
• and
• a clutch controller configured to control the twin clutches to 0 torque when a releasing condition for releasing engagement of the twin clutches is satisfied based on the driving information, control the drive motor to 0 revolutions per minute (rpm) through the vehicle controller when the torque applied to the twin clutches is less than a predetermined torque, and control the drive motor to 0 torque through the vehicle controller when a speed of the drive motor is less than a predetermined speed,
• wherein the releasing condition is satisfied when the vehicle is in a high-speed running state, excluding an accelerated running state of the vehicle, excluding a braking state of the vehicle, and excluding a turning running state of the vehicle.