Control apparatus for vehicle

A control apparatus for vehicle for switching a vehicle to a freewheeling mode in which power generated by a power source of the vehicle is not transmitted to a drive shaft of the vehicle, the control apparatus comprising:

• a decelerator having a plurality of deceleration gear stages for changing deceleration of the vehicle;
• and
• a manipulator provided on steering of the vehicle and configured to allow selection of the freewheeling mode in accordance with an operation performed by a driver, wherein
• the vehicle transitions to the freewheeling mode upon the freewheeling mode being selected through an operation of the manipulator, wherein
• the manipulator is a shifter configured to allow shifts between the deceleration gear stages, and
• the shifter includes
• a first manipulator enabled to cause a shift to a deceleration gear stage corresponding to a lower deceleration than a deceleration corresponding to a currently selected deceleration gear stage and
• a second manipulator enabled to cause a shift to a deceleration gear stage corresponding to a higher deceleration than the deceleration corresponding to the currently selected deceleration gear stage, and
• the vehicle transitions to the freewheeling mode through an operation of either the first manipulator or the second manipulator, and
• a fixed shift mode that allows shift between the plurality of deceleration gear stages based on an operation performed by the driver, and
• an automatic shift mode that allows shift between the plurality of deceleration gear stages based on a running condition of the vehicle, wherein
• the shifter is a paddle shifter,
• keeping the first manipulator in an operated state for a first predetermined period of time causes a transition to the automatic shift mode and the freewheeling mode, and
• keeping the first manipulator in the operated state for a second predetermined period of time causes a transition to the fixed shift mode and the freewheeling mode the second predetermined period of time being longer than the first predetermined period of time.