VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A vehicle control device that controls a motor and a braking force application device predicts a time waveform of a wheel speed when a required braking force based on a braking request is applied when a braking request is made while traveling on a winding road. The vehicle control device executes reduction control for controlling the braking force application device so that the reduced braking force is applied from the required braking force from the braking force application device in accordance with the timing of the variation of the wheel speed in the time waveform of the predicted wheel speed.