The disclosed vehicle control device (10) is for controlling outputs of a left driving source and a right driving source, and includes a calculator (21), a storing unit (22), and a controller (23). The calculator (21) calculates an equivalent sum value corresponding to sum of a left target speed and a right target speed, and calculates an equivalent difference value corresponding to a difference between the left target speed and the right target speed. The storing unit (22) stores a sum model and a difference model. The sum model modes motion states of the left driving system, the right driving system, the left driving source, and the right driving source while the vehicle is running straight and is applied with the equivalent sum value to derive a sum instruction torque. The difference model models motion states of the left driving system, the right driving system, the left driving source, and the right driving source while the vehicle is cornering and is applied with the equivalent difference value to derive a difference instruction torque. The controller (23) controls torques of the left driving source and the right driving source, using the sum instruction torque and the difference instruction torque.

Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure relate to performance and safety improvements for autonomous trucking systems, such as mitigation of blind spots in the field of view of a sensing system of an autonomous vehicle, using shielding by other vehicles in adverse weather conditions, and deploying a cooperative expansion of the sensing field of view using external sensing systems.