VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEVICE

To achieve vehicle speed control which does not cause a driver to feel a sense of discomfort even when performing deceleration control using a deceleration operation element.SOLUTION: A vehicle speed control device 11 includes: an information acquisition section 51 which acquires information on an AP opening; a target driving force setting section 53 which sets target driving force according to at least the AP opening; and a deceleration control section 55 which, when a paddle of a deceleration selector 35 provided in an electric vehicle 10 is operated in a state where depression of an accelerator pedal 21 is released, changes an AP opening-target driving force characteristic set by the target driving force setting section 53, thereby performing deceleration control using second deceleration force greater than first deceleration force before the change, as deceleration force based on the release of depression of the accelerator pedal 21. The deceleration control section 55 terminates the deceleration control at a timing when target driving force based on the AP opening after the change reaches target driving force upon the release of depression of the accelerator pedal 21 before the change.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1A 【課題】減速操作子に係る減速制御を行った場合であっても、運転者に違和感を抱かせることのない車速制御を実現する。【解決手段】車速制御装置１１は、ＡＰ開度の情報を取得する情報取得部５１と、少なくともＡＰ開度に応じて目標駆動力を設定する目標駆動力設定部５３と、アクセルペダル２１の踏み込みが解除された状態で、電動車両１０に備わる減速セレクタ３５に係るパドル操作がされている場合に、目標駆動力設定部５３により設定されたＡＰ開度－目標駆動力特性を変更することにより、アクセルペダル２１の踏み込み解除に基づく減速力として、変更前の第１減速力と比べて大きい第２減速力を用いて減速制御を行う減速制御部５５と、を備える。減速制御部５５は、変更後のＡＰ開度に基づく目標駆動力が、変更前のアクセルペダル２１の踏み込み解除時における目標駆動力に到達したタイミングで減速制御を終了させる。【選択図】図１Ａ