VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE

A vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, an electrical heated type catalyst device provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and including a conductive substrate generating heat upon energization and a catalyst heated through the conductive substrate, and a control device, the control device comprising an internal moisture calculating part calculating an amount of internal moisture comprised of an amount of moisture present at an inside of the catalyst device and an engine output control part controlling the output of the internal combustion engine based on a required vehicle output and the amount of internal moisture. The engine output control part is configured so that if moisture is present at the inside of the catalyst device, it restricts the output of the internal combustion engine to a lower output when the internal moisture is large compared to when it is small.