A vehicle control method and a vehicle control apparatus to improve vehicle control flexibility, where the method includes obtaining, using a management device, a first drive mode set, where the first drive mode set includes a drive mode that a first vehicle is currently allowed to use, determining, using the management device, a target drive mode in the first drive mode set, sending, using the management device, indication information to a first vehicle control device, where the indication information includes information about the target drive mode, and the indication information is used to instruct the first vehicle control device to control the first vehicle to use the target drive mode for driving.