Vehicle control device

A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle that includes an actuator capable of generating a gas flow at a scavenging target portion of an internal combustion engine during a stop of the internal combustion engine,

• the scavenging target portion being a portion in which:
• a gas that flows through the internal combustion engine is possible to flow;
• a condensed water is possible to be present at a stop time point of the internal combustion engine;
• and a temperature increase is possible to be produced due to heat received from a main body of the internal combustion engine after the stop of the internal combustion engine,
• wherein the vehicle control device is configured, when at least one of a specified temperature condition and a specified humidity condition is met after the stop of the internal combustion engine, to execute a scavenging control,
• wherein the specified temperature condition is that, after the stop of the internal combustion engine, a temperature correlation value correlated with a temperature of the scavenging target portion is higher than the temperature correlation value at the stop time point,
• wherein the specified humidity condition is that, after the stop of the internal combustion engine, a humidity correlation value correlated with an absolute humidity of a gas at the scavenging target portion is higher than the humidity correlation value at the stop time point, and
• wherein the scavenging control operates the actuator to cause the gas flow at the scavenging target portion.