VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

Disclosed are a vehicle control apparatus and a vehicle control method. The vehicle control apparatus may calculate a total sum of consumed power according to at least one of power consumed due to an air resistance, power consumed due to an operation of a cooling fan that increases flow of air introduced into an under-hood of a vehicle, or power consumed due to an operation of an air conditioner, or any combination thereof, and control at least one of an air flap that opens and closes an air inlet of the under-hood or a cooling fan, or any combination thereof such that the total sum of the consumed power is minimized in response to securing of a target air flow rate representing a flow rate of air required to pass through a condenser or a radiator of the air conditioner according to an operation of the vehicle.