In drive controlling apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, at least one couple of road wheels constitutes one pair of parallel road wheels with respect to a vehicular width direction, a plurality of motors driving independently and separately each road wheel of the pair of parallel road wheels are provided, and a power supply supplies an electric power to the plurality of motors, the plurality of motors driving respective road wheels of the pair of parallel road wheels being enabled to constitute a serial circuit with respect to the power supply.