CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICULAR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain a coolant temperature correctly in a level high-altitude travel.SOLUTION: A control apparatus for a vehicular internal combustion engine with a water-cooled cooling system includes respective means for: setting a destination of a vehicular travel; obtaining information of an altitude of a route bound for the destination; and setting a target coolant temperature at a coolant temperature target value for a high-altitude travel, the value lower than in the case of a route bound for a destination including no high-altitude travel. This configuration suppresses a rise in a coolant temperature in a high-altitude travel including a flat road.