Patent ID: 8200407

Claim:
A vehicle control device which activates a camber angle adjustment device which adjusts a camber angle of a wheel to control the camber angle of the wheel for a vehicle including the wheel and the camber angle adjustment device, comprising: activation control means for controlling an activation state of the camber angle adjustment device, wherein: the wheel has a tire which includes a first tread and a second tread aligned in a width direction of the wheel with respect to the first tread and arranged on an inside or an outside of the vehicle, the first tread and the second tread are configured to have characteristics different from each other such that the first tread is configured to have a characteristic of a higher grip force compared to the second tread and the second tread is configured to have a characteristic of a smaller rolling resistance compared to the first tread, and the activation control means includes: necessary friction coefficient calculation means for calculating a friction coefficient necessary for preventing slip from occurring between the wheel and a road surface to run on based on a running condition of the vehicle; camber angle calculation means for calculating the camber angle of the wheel based on the friction coefficient calculated by the necessary friction coefficient calculation means; and camber angle change means for changing a ratio of a ground contact pressure in the first tread of the wheel and a ground contact pressure in the second tread of the wheel by adjusting the camber angle of the wheel based on the camber angle calculated by the camber angle calculation means.