Patent ID: 8656889

Claim:
A control apparatus for a vehicle having a prime mover, which is applied to a vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, a prime mover and an air conditioning mechanism which performs air conditioning by using cooling water of the internal combustion engine, the control apparatus comprising: an engine stop permitting unit which permits stopping the internal combustion engine based on a requested load of the internal combustion engine, when a temperature of the cooling water becomes equal to or higher than an engine stop permitting water temperature; an engine activating unit which activates the internal combustion engine when the temperature of the cooling water becomes lower than an engine activation requesting water temperature, which is set to be lower than the engine stop permitting water temperature; and a correcting unit which corrects the engine stop permitting water temperature used by the engine stop permitting unit to be higher at a first vehicle speed than the engine stop permitting water temperature at a second vehicle speed, the first vehicle speed being higher than the second vehicle speed.