Controller for taking measures against abnormal shift upon starting motor-driven vehicle

A control apparatus for taking measures against a shift abnormality upon activation for an electrically driven vehicle equipped with a battery that is electrically connectable to and chargeable via an external power supply, startable via motive power from an electrically operated motor, and configured to travel in a traveling mode corresponding to a signal from a momentary shifter when, with a traveling drive system of the electrically driven vehicle activated, the momentary shifter is operated from a reference position, the control apparatus comprising:

• a shift abnormality detecting device configured to detect whether the momentary shifter is kept at a position other than the reference position;
• and
• a traveling mode transfer inhibiting device configured to inhibit a transfer to the traveling mode corresponding to the position other than the reference position while the shift abnormality detecting device detects that the momentary shifter is kept at the position other than the reference position.