Vehicle control device

Abstract

A vehicle control device includes: a processor that remotely controls a vehicle to lock an engine start of the vehicle by outputting, to the vehicle, a signal for operating an immobilizer of the vehicle in a case where the vehicle satisfies a predetermined requirement for an engine start lock, and remotely controls, in a case of detecting an output of a remote operation request for in-vehicle equipment which request involves the engine start of the vehicle from a terminal of a user of the vehicle during the engine start lock, the vehicle to respond to the remote operation request while keeping the engine start of the vehicle locked by outputting, to the vehicle, a signal for permitting only remote operation of the in-vehicle equipment without the engine start.

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