To control a vehicle for a user to easily and safely step on/down the vehicle.

A vehicle control unit for controlling a vehicle and the vehicle with the control unit are provided. The vehicle has a body part for the user to step on, a power generating part for generating the power for moving the body part, and a load detection part for outputting a load value corresponding to the load applied to the body part. The control unit includes a first storage part for storing a load threshold, a second storage part for storing data respectively corresponding to a plurality of methods for controlling the power generating part, and a processing part for controlling the power generating part based on the corresponding data by comparing the load value and the load threshold and changing the method for control among the plurality of methods for control according to the result of comparison. Since the method for control can be changed not by utilizing only the difference of loads of the feet of the user but by comparing the load value and a prescribed threshold, the user can easily and safely step on/down the vehicle.

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