Start control system for vehicle

A start control apparatus for an electrically-driven vehicle equipped with an electric motor working as a drive source of the vehicle, a brake working to brake the vehicle in response to a brake request from a vehicle operator, an accelerator which is to be moved in response to an acceleration request from the vehicle operator to accelerate the vehicle, and a motor driver working to drive the electric motor as a function of movement of the accelerator, comprising:

• a start request receiver that receives a start request from the vehicle operator to start the electric motor;
• an accelerator limiter which limits an operating range in which the accelerator is to be moved by the vehicle operator to disable the electric motor through the motor driver;
• a limitation cancelling request receiver that receives a limitation cancelling request from the vehicle operator;
• and
• a controller that is responsive to the start request, as received by the start request receiver, to make the electric motor ready to start, the controller being also responsive to the limitation cancelling request, as received by the limitation cancelling request receiver, to cancel limitation of the operating range of the accelerator, as established by the accelerator limiter, to enable the accelerator to be moved in response to the acceleration request from the vehicle operator,
• wherein the limitation cancelling request receiver is provided to be separate from the start request receiver and the brake, and
• wherein even when the electric motor is ready to start, the controller is inhibited from canceling the limitation of the operating range of the accelerator unless the limitation cancelling request receiver receives the limitation cancelling request from the vehicle operator.