Electric vehicle and control system

A control system of an electric vehicle that uses an electric motor as a power unit for traveling, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• and
• processing circuitry connected to the one or more memories,
• wherein the electric vehicle is configured to be switchable to an autonomous driving mode in which at least acceleration and deceleration are automatically performed without driving operation by a driver,
• the electric vehicle comprises:
• an accelerator pedal;
• a shift device for selecting a gear stage that simulates operation of a transmission;
• and
• a speaker that outputs a pseudo engine sound that simulates an engine sound, and
• the processing circuitry is configured to:
• when the electric vehicle is not in the autonomous driving mode, change a motor torque output by the electric motor and the pseudo engine sound in response to an operation state of the accelerator pedal and the shift device operated by the driver;
• and
• when the electric vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode, virtually determine the operation state of the accelerator pedal and the shift device and change at least one of the motor torque output by the electric motor and the pseudo engine sound in response to the virtual operation state.