A device for controlling travel of a vehicle is provided. The device includes an information acquiring device that acquires vehicle information and vehicle surroundings information and a controller that determines a location of a traveling lane based on the vehicle information and the vehicle surroundings information. The controller then determines a control state for a lane change based on the location of the traveling lane. Thus, the device allows the lane change to be performed safely while obeying the traffic rules.

Disclosed are a vehicle and an engine control method for more conveniently restarting an engine in the state in which a function of automatically turning off the engine is activated during braking for improving fuel efficiency. The engine control method includes turning off an engine through an idle stop and go (ISG) system during braking due to manipulation of a brake pedal, determining whether at least one preset starting condition is satisfied based on information on a forward environment, and turning on the engine irrespective of whether manipulation of the brake pedal is released when any one of the at least one starting condition is satisfied.

A system configured to avoid a rear-cross traffic collision includes an obstacle detection unit detecting a position of an obstacle by receiving electromagnetic waves reflected off a reflection point of the obstacle; a direction estimation unit estimating a traveling direction of the obstacle on the basis of the position of the obstacle detected by the obstacle detection unit; and a collision determination unit determining possibility of a collision with the obstacle on the basis of the traveling direction of the obstacle estimated by the direction estimation unit.

Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle. The system includes a localization system, a memory storing a digital map, at least one sensor, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the localization system, a current location of the vehicle and determine a future driving segment of the vehicle based on the current location of the vehicle. The electronic processor is further configured to determine at least one performance limitation based on the future driving segment of the vehicle and artificially falsify data of the at least one sensor to initiate a safety action for the vehicle.

Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle. The system includes a localization system, a memory storing a digital map, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the localization system, a current location of the vehicle and determine a future driving segment of the vehicle based on the current location of the vehicle. The electronic processor is further configured to determine at least one performance limitation based on the future driving segment of the vehicle and modify a driving behavior of the vehicle based upon the determined at least one performance limitation.

A method of controlling an electrified vehicle to prevent a collision thereof includes: determining whether an accelerator pedal is erroneously operated in the situation in which an obstacle is detected to be present in a traveling path; and when it is determined that the accelerator pedal is erroneously operated, performing braking control such that at least one of hydraulic braking or regenerative braking is selectively performed in a plurality of braking sections determined based on a current vehicle speed and a distance to the obstacle.

A travel control method for a vehicle includes: presenting a vehicle traveling on a route to a preliminarily set destination with overtaking information as to whether to accept execution of an overtaking assist function for overtaking a preceding vehicle by changing lanes through autonomous travel control; and executing the overtaking assist function when an acceptance input of accepting the execution of the overtaking assist function is detected in response to presentation of the overtaking information. This method further includes: detecting a position of the vehicle on the route; and detecting whether or not there is a traveling direction change point on the route ahead of the position of the vehicle, a point at which the vehicle must change its traveling direction. When the distance from the vehicle to the traveling direction change point is shorter than a preliminarily set distance, the presentation of the overtaking information is not performed.

A vehicle control device according to an embodiment controls automated driving of a vehicle. The vehicle control device includes a processor configured to execute a program to perform acquiring map information in which a recommended lane on a route to a destination of the vehicle is identified, and controlling a control level of the automated driving on the basis of the acquired map information. The processor is further configured to lower the control level of the automated driving when a boundary line of the recommended lane is not recognizable within a predetermined distance in a travel direction of the vehicle.

A driving assistance device comprises an information acquisition unit that acquires movement information including a vehicle category indicating that the other vehicle is of four- or two-wheeled type, and information relating to a position and a speed of the other vehicle. The information acquisition unit determines whether the other vehicle traveling behind the vehicle is of the four- or two-wheeled type on the basis of the vehicle category. If the other vehicle is a four-wheeled vehicle, the information acquisition unit acquires speed information of the four-wheeled vehicle from four-wheeled vehicles located within a first width range in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle. If the other vehicle is a two-wheeled vehicle, the information acquisition unit acquires speed information of the two-wheeled vehicle from two-wheeled vehicles located within a second width range narrower than the first width range in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle.

A vehicle control apparatus includes: a road recognizer that recognizes a road form around a vehicle; a second-vehicle recognizer that recognizes a state of another vehicle around the vehicle; and a driving controller that allows the vehicle to travel by controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle and that prevents, upon passing of the vehicle through an intersection, passing of the vehicle through the intersection based on a presence of the other vehicle recognized by the second-vehicle recognizer, wherein in a case where the driving controller recognizes, by the road recognizer, that a plurality of lanes are present in a road of a right/left turn destination of the vehicle and recognizes, by the second-vehicle recognizer, that the other vehicle, which was an opposing vehicle approaching from a direction opposing the vehicle, has entered a lane on a rear side in a view from the vehicle among the plurality of lanes in the road of the right/left turn destination, the driving controller continues an entry control to the road of the right/left turn destination of the vehicle.