Gear shift control method for electric automobile

A gear shift control method for an electric automobile, said automobile being provided with an accelerator pedal for commanding an output amount of a drive motor, a transmission arranged between said motor and drive wheels and having plural gear ratios, and gear shift control means for outputting a gear-position change-over signal in response to any one of a changing operation of a gear position of the transmission by shifting operation means and in accordance with a running condition of a vehicle, comprising

• (i) canceling, upon output of said change-over signal from said shifting operation means, output control of said motor, which has been controlled in accordance with a stroke amount of said accelerator pedal, and changing said transmission to a neutral position;
• (ii) controlling, after completion of said first step, an output amount of said motor in accordance with a target motor output amount corresponding to a target motor rotation speed, said target motor rotation speed being calculated based on a vehicle speed at a time of said changing operation and a gear ratio of a selected target gear position;
• (iii) shifting, after completion of said second step, said transmission to said target gear position;
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• (iv) allowing, after completion of said third step, an output amount of said motor to gradually return to an output amount corresponding to the stroke amount of said accelerator pedal.