Control apparatus of vehicle

A control apparatus of a vehicle, the vehicle being provided with a drive force source, a drive wheel, an automatic transmission that includes an output shaft and a parking mechanism, and a transmission passage transmitting a force that the drive force source is generating toward the drive wheel, the parking mechanism being provided with a parking gear and a parking pawl and being able to lock the output shaft, the control apparatus controlling the vehicle, the control apparatus comprising:

• a vehicle speed detector configured to detect a speed of the vehicle;
• a brake operation detector configured to detect a state of operation of a brake configured to perform braking of the vehicle:
• a first clutch that is provided between the parking mechanism and the drive force source, and is configured to adjust a first drive force to be transmitted from the drive force source to the output shaft of the automatic transmission;
• a second clutch that is provided between the parking mechanism and the drive wheel, and is configured to adjust a second drive force to be transmitted from the output shaft of the automatic transmission to the drive wheel;
• and
• a clutch controller configured to control an engagement force of each of the first clutch and the second clutch,
• wherein the clutch controller is configured to:
• engage the first clutch and second clutch, when causing the vehicle to travel with the force that the drive force source is generating, the first clutch and the second clutch being in engaged states to apply the force that the drive force source is generating to the transmission passage;
• determine that conditions are met, the conditions including:
• the speed of the vehicle being equal to or less than a predetermined speed;
• and
• the operation of the brake of the vehicle performing the braking of the vehicle:
• disengage the first clutch and the second clutch to switch from the engaged states to disengaged states, responsive for determining that the conditions are met while the force that the drive force is generating is transmitted to the transmission passage.