CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

A control apparatus for a vehicle is be applied to an electric vehicle. The control apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories communicably coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: control a rotational speed of a drive motor of the electric vehicle to cause a frequency of a motor noise to be generated from the drive motor to be less than a predetermined value, when a vehicle speed of the electric vehicle is in a predetermined low vehicle speed region; and control the rotational speed of the drive motor to cause an electric power efficiency of the drive motor to be equal to or higher than a predetermined efficiency, when the vehicle speed of the electric vehicle is in a predetermined high vehicle speed region.