VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

A vehicle control device is configured to estimate temperature of a drive device, which includes a rotary electrical machine configured to drive a vehicle and an inverter connected to the rotary electrical machine, based on a temperature detection value of at least one of power elements of the inverter and a current value of each of the power elements, and control torque of the rotary electrical machine based on the temperature as estimated to decrease temperature of the drive device when the drive device is overloaded.