Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling the update of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus may include a state manager configured to manage state information regarding a plurality of controllers included in the vehicle, a control device configured to determine whether to perform an update based on the state information when an ignition of the vehicle is turned off, and an update manager configured to perform a reprogramming operation on at least one controller of the plurality of controllers depending on whether to perform the update.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling the avoidance of an emergency vehicle, and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus includes a communication device to receive traveling data from vehicles traveling in a specific section on an expected traveling path of the emergency vehicle, a determination device to identify locations of the vehicles from the received traveling data and to determine at least one control vehicle based on the identified locations of the vehicles, and a controller to determine an avoidance control time point of each control vehicle based on an expected approach time of the emergency vehicle to the control vehicle, and to transmit a control message to the control vehicle based on the avoidance control time point of the control vehicle.