Disclosed is an electric vehicle control apparatus wherein a converter (3), which comprises a bridge circuit constituted by an inverse-parallel connection of rectifying elements (1a-1d) and self-arc-suppressing elements (2a-2d), is connected to a secondary winding (5a) of a main transformer (5); a filter capacitor (8) is connected to an output terminal of the converter (3); an inverter (9), which converts an DC power to an AC power, is connected across the filter capacitor (8); and it is arranged that the filter capacitor (8) be charged before an activation of the inverter (9). In this apparatus, a charging transformer (12), which has an internal impedance that can suppress, to a predetermined value, an in-rush current flowing during the charging of the filter capacitor (8), is connected to a tertiary winding (5c) of the main transformer (5) via a closing/opening means (11), whereby an output voltage of the tertiary winding (5c), which has been boosted by the charging transformer (12) up to a predetermined voltage, is rectified by the rectifying elements (1a-1d) to charge the filter capacitor (8).