Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and storage medium

A vehicle control method for starting, by a computer, deceleration control to decelerate a vehicle in a case where a distance between a deceleration target ahead of the vehicle and the vehicle based on map data is acquired and a deceleration start condition that the distance is less than or equal to a first distance is satisfied, the computer being mounted on the vehicle, the vehicle control method comprising:

• accelerating, by the computer, the vehicle based on an operation amount of an acceleration operator of the vehicle and determining, by the computer, whether a deceleration end condition is satisfied in a case where the acceleration operator is operated during execution of the deceleration control, the deceleration end condition including at least a first condition that a time from the start of the deceleration control to the operation on the acceleration operator is less than or equal to a threshold time;
• ending, by the computer, the deceleration control in a case where the deceleration end condition is satisfied;
• and
• resuming, by the computer, the deceleration control in a case where the operation on the acceleration operator ends in a case where the deceleration end condition is not satisfied.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to start deceleration control to decelerate a vehicle in a case where a distance between a deceleration target ahead of the vehicle and the vehicle based on map data is acquired and a deceleration start condition that the distance is less than or equal to a first distance is satisfied, the computer being mounted on the vehicle, wherein

• the program causes the computer to execute
• accelerating the vehicle based on an operation amount of an acceleration operator of the vehicle and determining whether a deceleration end condition is satisfied in a case where the acceleration operator is operated during execution of the deceleration control, the deceleration end condition including at least a first condition that a time from the start of the deceleration control to the operation on the acceleration operator is less than or equal to a threshold time,
• ending the deceleration control in a case where the deceleration end condition is satisfied, and
• resuming the deceleration control in a case where the operation on the acceleration operator ends in a case where the deceleration end condition is not satisfied.