Battery electric vehicle and control device

A control device for a battery electric vehicle including an electric motor as a driving source, the control device comprising:

• a processing circuit;
• and
• a storage device configured to store a database for managing a plurality of vehicle models for a plurality of virtual vehicles having different acceleration characteristics for a driving operation by a driver, wherein;
• the battery electric vehicle includes a driving operation member to be used for driving the battery electric vehicle,
• the processing circuit is configured to:
• read, from the database, a target vehicle model associated with a target virtual vehicle selected from among the plurality of virtual vehicles by the driver;
• set a coefficient that is a value of 1 or less according to an acceleration characteristic of the target virtual vehicle;
• calculate an adjusted vehicle speed by multiplying a vehicle speed of the battery electric vehicle by an inverse of the coefficient;
• calculate a virtual acceleration of the target virtual vehicle in response to an operation on the driving operation member using the target vehicle model based on an operation state of the driving operation member and the adjusted vehicle speed;
• calculate an adjusted virtual acceleration by multiplying the virtual acceleration by the coefficient;
• and
• control the electric motor to bring an acceleration of the battery electric vehicle to the adjusted virtual acceleration, and
• if the acceleration characteristic of the target virtual vehicle exceeds an acceleration capability of the battery electric vehicle, the processing circuit sets the coefficient to the value less than 1 so that a maximum acceleration of the acceleration characteristic of the target virtual vehicle is less than a maximum acceleration capability of the battery electric vehicle.