VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

An engine is started to meet the driver' s benefit in a vehicle control device for executing a control for starting the engine automatically if the engine has not been started for a predetermined period. The vehicle control device 10 stores the date when the engine 40 (internal combustion engine) was last started (internal combustion engine start date) . The vehicle control device 10 starts the engine 40 automatically upon movement of the vehicle after five weeks (first period) have elapsed from the internal combustion engine start date.