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1. A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, which functions as a drive source, a motor, which is capable of regenerating electricity and functions as a drive source, an electricity storage device, which is a drive source of the motor and is configured to be charged by regenerated electricity, wherein
the vehicle control device comprises a predicted regeneration zone determining section circuitry, which is configured to determine whether a predicted regeneration zone, in which regenerative braking is predicted, is present in an advancing direction of a vehicle, the predicted regeneration zone determining section circuitry is configured to determine whether the predicted regeneration zone is present within a predetermined travel distance from a position of the vehicle, the vehicle control device is configured to compare an air density determination value, which is a variable related to an air density, with a threshold value, the vehicle control device is configured such that, when the predicted regeneration zone is not present within the predetermined travel distance, the vehicle control device controls the engine and the motor based on a standard target value of a remaining battery level of the electricity storage device, the vehicle control device is configured such that, when the air density, which is determined based on the air density determination value, is relatively high, and the predicted regeneration zone is present within the predetermined travel distance from the position of the vehicle, the vehicle control device controls the engine and the motor based on a corrected target value of the remaining battery level of the electricity storage device, wherein the corrected target value is lower than the standard target value, and the vehicle control device is configured such that, when the air density, which is determined based on the air density determination value, is relatively low, and the predicted regeneration zone is present within the predetermined travel distance from the position of the vehicle, the vehicle control device executes at least one of the following: i) prohibition of setting the target value of the remaining battery level to the corrected target value; and ii) prohibition of control of the engine and the motor based on the corrected target value. |
