VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

A vehicle control apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize an environment in a vicinity of a vehicle; and a traveling control unit configured to execute a lane change of the vehicle based on a recognition result 1w the recognition unit. The traveling control unit selectively executes a lane change of the vehicle based on proposal information of a lane change output to a driver of the vehicle by the traveling control unit and a lane change of the vehicle not based on the proposal information in response to a first operation of the same content by the driver.