VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

摘要

In a vehicle control device, a control unit performs a stopping control and a restarting control. A coasting acceleration rate acquiring unit acquires the estimated acceleration rate of a vehicle as the coasting acceleration rate when the vehicle is travelling in a state in which the wheels are not applied with braking force. A coasting vehicle speed estimating unit acquires, on the basis of the coasting acceleration rate, the vehicle speed at the point in which the restarting time period needed for restarting the engine had elapsed as the first vehicle speed estimation value when the engine stopped as a result of the stopping control. The control unit performs the restarting control when the first vehicle speed estimation value is less than a brake control allowable reference value set for determining whether or not to execute the braking control.