Vehicle moving apparatus

A vehicle moving apparatus, comprising an electronic control unit configured to execute an autonomous acceleration/deceleration control to autonomously control an acceleration and a deceleration of an own vehicle so as to control a distance between the own vehicle and a preceding vehicle within a predetermined distance range by (i) starting to execute a coasting control to cause the own vehicle to coast when the distance between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle decreases and reaches a lower limit value of the predetermined distance range and (ii) starting to execute an acceleration control to accelerate the own vehicle when the distance between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle increases and reaches an upper limit value of the predetermined distance range,

• wherein the electronic control unit is configured to continue executing the coasting control until a predetermined time elapses even when the distance between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle increases and reaches the upper limit value of the predetermined distance range when (i) a moving speed of the own vehicle becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined speed, (ii) the moving speed of the own vehicle is greater than a moving speed of the preceding vehicle, and (iii) a difference between the moving speed of the own vehicle and the moving speed of the preceding vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed difference while the coasting control is executed.