Battery electric vehicle

A battery electric vehicle that uses an electric motor as a power device for traveling, the battery electric vehicle comprising:

• an accelerator pedal;
• a shifter;
• a mode selection device that selects either a first mode or a second mode as a control mode of the electric motor in accordance with a mode selection operation of a driver;
• and
• a control device that controls the electric motor in accordance with the control mode selected by the mode selection device, wherein:
• the control device is configured to,
• calculate a first command value or a second command value to be output to the electric motor,
• output the first command value when the electric motor is controlled in the first mode to change output of the electric motor in accordance with an operation of the accelerator pedal regardless of an operation position of the shifter,
• output the second command value when the electric motor is controlled in the second mode to change an output characteristic of the electric motor with respect to an operation of the accelerator pedal in accordance with an operation position of the shifter, and
• continue calculating
• the second command value while controlling the electric motor in the first mode, and
• the first command value while controlling the electric motor in the second mode;
• and
• the mode selection device is configured to automatically select a particular control mode among the first mode and the second mode when the battery electric vehicle is started.