VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A vehicle control device includes: a processor; and a steering-by-wire-type electric steering device, which is provided at a vehicle, and which is configured to switch between a first state in which a wheel is steered when a steering wheel is subjected to a rotation operation, and a second state in which the wheel is not steered when the steering wheel is subjected to a rotation operation, in which the processor is configured to execute lane change assistance control, which controls the electric steering device so as to move the vehicle to a target lane selected by a rotation operation of the steering wheel, the target lane being a different lane from a travel lane in which the vehicle is traveling, when the electric steering device of the vehicle is in the second state and the steering wheel has been subjected to a rotation operation.