Straddle vehicle and vehicle control method

There are provided a straddle vehicle and a method for controlling a vehicle. the straddle vehicle includes: a vehicle body; an electric motor mounted on the vehicle body as a driving source and rotatable in positive and reverse directions; a battery mounted on the vehicle body and configured to supply electric power to the electric motor; and a processing circuitry configured to control the electric motor. The processing circuitry is configured to: acquire vehicle state information capable of determining whether a vehicle state of the straddle vehicle is a forward traveling state or a backward traveling state, and operation information capable of determining whether a user operation is a forward traveling operation or a backward traveling operation; and switch between power running control and regeneration control based on the vehicle state information and the operation information.