A controlling apparatus for controlling a vehicle including a motor for traveling and an inverter for driving the motor, the controlling apparatus comprising: an obtainer (11, 12) acquiring information in front of the vehicle; a determiner judging whether the vehicle is in a coasting state in a regeneration prohibited mode in which a regenerative brake is disabled or not; the controlling apparatus being characterized by further comprising: an estimator forming, if the determiner judges that the vehicle is in the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode, an estimate of whether the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to last for at shortest a predetermined period or not on a basis of the information acquired by the obtainer (11, 12); and a controller shutting down the inverter if the estimator estimates that the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to last for at shortest the predetermined period, wherein even in cases where the determiner judges that the vehicle is in the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode, the controller does not shut down the inverter and keeps a connected state of an electrical circuit of the inverter if the estimator estimates that the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to end before the predetermined period passes. an obtainer (11, 12) acquiring information in front of the vehicle; a determiner judging whether the vehicle is in a coasting state in a regeneration prohibited mode in which a regenerative brake is disabled or not; the controlling apparatus being characterized by further comprising: an estimator forming, if the determiner judges that the vehicle is in the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode, an estimate of whether the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to last for at shortest a predetermined period or not on a basis of the information acquired by the obtainer (11, 12); and a controller shutting down the inverter if the estimator estimates that the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to last for at shortest the predetermined period, wherein even in cases where the determiner judges that the vehicle is in the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode, the controller does not shut down the inverter and keeps a connected state of an electrical circuit of the inverter if the estimator estimates that the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to end before the predetermined period passes. an estimator forming, if the determiner judges that the vehicle is in the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode, an estimate of whether the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to last for at shortest a predetermined period or not on a basis of the information acquired by the obtainer (11, 12); and a controller shutting down the inverter if the estimator estimates that the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to last for at shortest the predetermined period, wherein even in cases where the determiner judges that the vehicle is in the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode, the controller does not shut down the inverter and keeps a connected state of an electrical circuit of the inverter if the estimator estimates that the coasting state in the regeneration prohibited mode is to end before the predetermined period passes.