VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

To provide a vehicle control system which can generate required electric power while reducing influence of operation sound of a power generation unit on a surrounding area.SOLUTION: A vehicle control system includes: a power generation unit including an internal combustion engine which outputs power and a power generator which generates electric power by using the power output by the internal combustion engine; a rechargeable battery which stores the electric power generated by the power generation unit; a driving electric motor which is driven by using the electric power supplied from the power generation unit and the rechargeable battery; a planning section which makes an operation plan of the power generation unit including whether or not the power generation unit is operated when a vehicle passes through a tunnel on the basis of influences imposed on a peripheral environment of the tunnel in a case where the power generation unit is operated when the vehicle passes through the tunnel; a power generation control section which causes the power generation unit to generate electric power on the basis of the operation plan made by the planning section; and a driving control part which controls the driving electric motor to drive the vehicle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】発電ユニットの作動音が周辺に与える影響を軽減させつつ、必要な電力を発電することができる。【解決手段】車両制御システムは、動力を出力する内燃機関および前記内燃機関により出力された動力を用いて発電する発電機を含む発電ユニットと、前記発電ユニットにより発電された電力を蓄える蓄電池と、前記発電ユニットまたは前記蓄電池から供給される電力を用いて駆動する走行用電動機と、トンネルを通過する際に前記発電ユニットを作動させた場合に、前記トンネルの周辺環境に及ぼす影響に基づいて、前記トンネルを通過する際に前記発電ユニットを作動させるか否かを含む前記発電ユニットの作動計画を立案する計画部と、前記計画部により立案された作動計画に基づいて前記発電ユニットに発電させる発電制御部と、前記走行用電動機を制御して車両を走行させる走行制御部とを備える。【選択図】図１