CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

摘要

By employing a heat source control section P4 that controls the operating state of an internal combustion engine 10 mounted in a vehicle, a necessary heat calculating section P1 that calculates the engine coolant temperature needed by a heater core, which consumes the heat supplied from the engine 10 through engine coolant water, and the time at which this engine coolant temperature becomes necessary, a heat supply estimating section P2 that estimates the engine coolant temperature at the aforementioned time in a case in which the engine 10 is operated continuously in the current operating state, and a heat generation increase requesting section P3 that requests the heat source control section P4 to increase the heat generation quantity of the engine 10 when the engine coolant temperature estimated by the heat supply estimating section P2 is less than the engine coolant temperature calculated by the necessary heat calculating section P1, the heat necessary for the heater core is supplied more efficiently and adequately.