Patent attributes
A vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a calculator configured to calculate a plurality of controlled variables for decelerating a host vehicle, if there are a plurality of deceleration targets ahead in a traveling direction of the host vehicle, in association with the plurality of deceleration targets; an output device configured to select and output one controlled variable from the plurality of controlled variables; and a controller programmed to perform the deceleration support control on the basis of the one controlled variable. When a deceleration support control is performed on the basis of a first controlled variable as the one controlled variable, the output device outputs a second controlled variable, which is different from the first controlled variable out of the plurality of controlled variables, instead of the first controlled variable as the one controlled variable, on condition that the second controlled variable is greater than a switching controlled variable.
