ELECTRIC COMPETITION VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

An electric vehicle for a race, including a drive wheel, an electric motor linked to the drive wheel, a battery that supplies power to the electric motor, a remaining battery level detection unit that detects a remaining level of the battery, a control unit that controls the electric motor, and a throttle operator that is connected to the control unit and is operated by a rider when the rider adjusts an output of the electric motor. The control unit includes a motor control section that controls the output of the electric motor based on an amount of operation of the throttle operator, a power consumption rate calculation section that calculates a power consumption rate of the electric motor after a start of the race, and a travelable time estimation section that estimates a travelable time based on the remaining level and the power consumption rate.