An object of the present invention is to provide a control apparatus for an electric vehicle that can prevent or reduce a shock when the vehicle starts running from a stopped state. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a first vibration damping control torque calculated by a first calculation method based on a signal of a wheel speed sensor, or a second vibration damping control torque calculated by a second calculation method based on a signal other than the signal of the wheel speed sensor is selectively output.