INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An information processing apparatus includes a parameter calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of a driving force characteristic in a predetermined reference gear stage of a simulation target vehicle to be simulated using an internal combustion engine as a power source, a first parameter related to the internal combustion engine in a simulated gear stage that is a simulative gear stage in a control target vehicle to be controlled using a non-internal combustion engine as a power source; a parameter setting unit that sets a second parameter related to the non-internal combustion engine on the basis of the first parameter; and a drive control unit that controls the non-internal combustion engine on the basis of the second parameter. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system for controlling an electric vehicle.