VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD

A vehicle control apparatus (100) executes: human-machine performance request setting processing to set a driving performance request in the given environments; driving performance determination processing to determine whether driving performance of each of plural driving functions of a driver satisfies the driving performance request; insufficient function identification processing to identify the driver's driving function that does not satisfy the driving performance request; driving function substitution processing to control the vehicle such that the vehicle performs the identified insufficient function instead; and driving performance assistance processing to provide the driver with an appropriate information so that the identified insufficient function close to a level of the driving performance request. The vehicle control apparatus (100) executes the driving function substitution processing and/or the driving performance assistance processing to make the driver and the vehicle (1) to exert the driving performance request.