VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A vehicle control device mounted to a vehicle is provided. The vehicle control device causes a transmitter to output a search radio wave, and determines whether a predetermined identification signal from a portable device carried by a user of the vehicle is received by a receiver. When the vehicle control device determines that the identification signal is received by a receiver, the vehicle control device specifies that the portable device is located within a reception range from the vehicle. When the portable device is specified as being located within the reception range from the vehicle, the vehicle control device outputs a supply instruction to an electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to a predetermined execution device mounted to the subject vehicle according to the supply instruction.