An electric vehicle includes a slip ratio estimator to estimate a slip ratio of a drive wheel on a road surface based on a detection value indicating a vehicle travel speed and a drive wheel rotational frequency; an applied torque estimator to estimate an entire torque applied to the drive wheel based on motor torque command value or motor current value of a motor unit and the torque estimated by a disturbance observer attributable to external force; a coefficient of friction estimator to estimate a coefficient of friction between a road surface and a tire of the drive wheel, based on the estimated torque and the estimated slip ratio; and a motor torque command value limiter to limit, based on a determined maximum acceptable torque, the motor torque command value to the motor unit that is generated responsively to an acceleration manipulation unit and a deceleration manipulation unit.