Provided is a vehicle controller (20) for a vehicle (1) including an electric motor (3) as a drive source, the vehicle controller (20) being configured to allow the user, when the electric motor (3) is in operation, to feel a sense of beating similar to that provided when an engine (2) is in operation. The vehicle controller (20) includes: a sense-of-beating producer (32) configured to acquire a total required torque which is a required torque of the entire vehicle (1) and configured to derive a total target torque corresponding to the total required torque as applied to a predetermined engine combustion cycle; and a target motor torque deriver (33) configured to, based on the total target torque, derive a target motor torque for torque control of the electric motor (3). The vehicle controller (20) controls the electric motor (3) based on the target motor torque.