Vehicle control apparatus

Abstract

A vehicle control apparatus performs control of enabling idle operation of an internal combustion engine that generates a motive power applied to a driving wheel of a vehicle if a vehicle speed of the vehicle is lower than a predetermined vehicle speed that is set in advance, and disabling idle operation of the internal combustion engine if the vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or higher than the predetermined vehicle speed, when the vehicle is in a state other than an acceleration running state. Accordingly, the vehicle control apparatus achieves an effect of making it possible to suppress the consumption of fuel.

1 . A vehicle control apparatus comprising a control unit configured to perform control of changing a mode of start of an internal combustion engine, which generates a motive power applied to a driving wheel of a vehicle, during running of the vehicle with consumption of fuel in the internal combustion engine stopped, to one of a mode that enables start of the internal combustion engine corresponding to braking operation for the vehicle, and a mode that disables start of the internal combustion engine corresponding to braking operation for the vehicle, in accordance with operation on a change operation member.