Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating wear of electric vehicles are provided. A method of operating an electric powersport vehicle includes receiving an accelerator command and driving an electric motor of the vehicle based on whether or not the accelerator command is accompanied by a braking command. When the accelerator command exists at a same time as the braking command, the output of the electric motor is limited to a lower output torque value than when the accelerator command exists at a different time as the braking command.