DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE

摘要

A drive control device for a vehicle including an engine having a plurality of cylinders, a separating device disconnecting or connecting the engine from or to a wheel and a controller. The controller cause the vehicle to coast in a state where the engine is disconnected from the wheel when a predetermined start condition is satisfied during normal traveling in which the vehicle travels in a state where the engine is connected to the wheel, the predetermined start condition including an artificial condition relating to artificial operation and a vehicle condition relating to a vehicle state, and the controller cause the vehicle to coast while operation in at least part of the cylinders of the engine is stopped in a state where the engine is connected to the wheel when the artificial condition is satisfied and the vehicle condition is unsatisfied during the normal traveling.