Vehicle control apparatus

A vehicle control apparatus comprising:

• a sensor that obtains object information on an object that is present in front of a vehicle;
• a regenerative brake device that applies a regenerative brake force to a wheel of said vehicle;
• a friction brake device that applies a friction brake force to said wheel;
• and
• a control unit that performs a deceleration control to control at least one of said regenerative brake device and said friction brake device, when it is determined, based on said object information, that an execution condition that a predetermined deceleration objective target object is present is satisfied, in such a manner that a total of said regenerative brake force and said friction brake force becomes equal to a target brake force obtained based on a relationship between said vehicle and said deceleration objective target object,
• wherein, said control unit is configured to make a maximum regenerative brake force that said regenerative brake device is able to generate during said deceleration control smaller when a friction condition is satisfied than when said friction condition is not satisfied, said friction condition being a condition to be satisfied when it is predicted, based on said object information, that said target brake force will become greater than a predetermined brake force.