Patent ID: 8392087

Claim:
A vehicle control system comprising: an information obtaining means for obtaining road information around a vehicle; and an automatic vehicle traveling means for operating a power generating means mounted in the vehicle based on the road information in order to bring the vehicle from vehicle stopping condition to vehicle traveling condition, when a demand for changing the vehicle condition from the stopping condition to the traveling condition is generated, wherein the road information includes information relating to a road gradient around the vehicle and information relating to a friction between vehicle wheels and road surface around the vehicle, wherein the automatic vehicle traveling means makes vehicle acceleration smaller as the road gradient becomes larger during an operation for changing the vehicle condition to the vehicle traveling condition, when the vehicle is on a sloping road and the vehicle is traveling in a direction opposite to a direction of a force of gravity applied to the vehicle, and wherein the automatic vehicle traveling means makes vehicle acceleration smaller, as frictional force between the vehicle wheels and the road surface becomes smaller during the operation for changing the vehicle condition to the vehicle traveling condition.