Battery electric vehicle

A battery electric vehicle including an electric motor as a driving source and having a plurality of control modes that is selectable by a driver, the battery electric vehicle comprising:

• a driving operation member that is used to drive the battery electric vehicle;
• a pseudo shifting operation member imitating an operation member that is used to perform
• a shifting operation of a manual transmission internal combustion engine vehicle;
• and a controller configured to control the battery electric vehicle according to an operation of the driving operation member, wherein
• the control modes include a manual mode in which an operation of the pseudo shifting operation member is associated with torque of the electric motor, and an automatic mode in which the operation of the pseudo shifting operation member is not associated with the torque of the electric motor,
• the controller includes a memory configured to store linking information in which one or more candidate drivers are linked with the control mode and registered, the controller is configured to determine, upon starting of the battery electric vehicle, whether a new driver who has entered the battery electric vehicle is included in the one or more candidate drivers,
• the controller is configured to, when the new driver is included in the one or more candidate drivers, start the control mode linked with the new driver,
• the control mode linked with the new driver is the control mode that was selected when the new driver last drove the battery electric vehicle, and
• the control mode that was selected when the new driver last drove the battery electric vehicle is the control mode that had been set between when the new driver last finished driving the battery electric vehicle and when the new driver turned off power of the battery electric vehicle, or the control mode that was set when the new driver last entered the battery electric vehicle and turned on accessory power of the battery electric vehicle.