DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE

A device for controlling a vehicle includes a sensor that obtains state information of the vehicle, and a power controller which is configured to determine whether an activation condition of a dark current blocking control function is satisfied based on the state information of the vehicle, determines whether a power control mode is selected when the activation condition of the dark current blocking control function is not satisfied, and controls to cut off power supply to a dark current load based on the selected power control mode.