Apparatus and method for operating a vehicle

The device (201) has a vehicle environmental module (103) for providing a vehicle environmental model with multiple sensor interfaces (105) for environmental sensors for the sensory detection of a vehicle environment. A sensor data fusion unit (107) is provided for executing sensor data fusion of the environmental sensor data. A calculating unit (109) is formed for calculating the vehicle environmental model depending on the fusioned environmental sensor data. The vehicle environmental model comprises a vehicle movement interface for a vehicle movement module. Independent claims are included for the following: (1) a method for operating a vehicle; (2) a system for operating a vehicle; and (3) a computer program with a program code.