Control device for vehicle

Abstract

A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a filter, an electrically heated catalyst, a first temperature sensor, and a second temperature sensor. An exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine is provided with the electrically heated catalyst, the first temperature sensor, the filter, and the second temperature sensor from an upstream side to a downstream side, and the control device includes an energization control unit that controls energization of the electrically heated catalyst, and a detection unit that detects whether or not the filter is removed based on a first temperature that is a temperature detected by the first temperature sensor and a second temperature that is a temperature detected by the second temperature sensor, and when the detection unit performs detection, the energization control unit energizes the electrically heated catalyst.

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