Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus

A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus comprising:

• a driving power source configured to generate a driving force relevant to an opening operation, and a closing operation, of a vehicle door;
• an opening-closing mechanism capable of implementing the opening operation, and the closing operation, of the vehicle door by the driving force of the driving power source;
• a first operating means for continuously outputting a manual operation signal, confined to times when the first operating means is continuously being operated;
• a second operating means for outputting an automatic operation signal irrespective of whether or not the second operating means is continuously operated, once the second operating means is put into operation;
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• a controlling means for controlling, on the basis of the manual operation signal and the automatic operation signal, a driving of the driving power source, the controlling means being capable of switching control for driving the driving power source in such a manner that an automatic operation mode is selected at a time that the automatic operation signal is inputted to the controlling means, the automatic operation mode in which the driving power source is driven to output a predetermined first driving output value, and a manual operation, mode is selected at a time that the manual operation signal is inputted to the controlling means, the manual operation mode in which the driving power source is driven to output a second driving output value which is higher than the first driving output value.