Control apparatus for vehicle

A control apparatus that is mountable to a vehicle that includes an electric motor that causes the vehicle to travel by transmitting torque to a wheel through a power transmission mechanism, a lock mechanism that is capable of switching between locking and releasing the lock on the power transmission mechanism, and an actuator apparatus that drives the lock mechanism, the control apparatus comprising:

• a motor control unit that controls the electric motor;
• a shift control unit that controls a shift-by-wire system that is provided in the vehicle, the shift-by-wire system being capable of performing switching to shift ranges of the vehicle including a parking range and a non-parking range other than the parking range;
• and
• a brake control unit that controls a brake apparatus of the vehicle, wherein
• the shift control unit drives the actuator apparatus so as to release the lock on the power transmission mechanism by the lock mechanism based on the shift ranges of the shift-by-wire system being switched from the parking range to the non-parking range,
• the motor control unit performs torque correction control in which an output torque of the electric motor is corrected such that a load that acts on the lock mechanism from the power transmission mechanism is reduced based on the shift ranges of the shift-by-wire system being switched from the parking range to the non-parking range, and
• the brake control unit operates the brake apparatus and increases a braking force of the brake apparatus to be greater than a braking force set based on depression of a brake pedal, during a period in which the torque correction control is performed.