VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE OF FOUR-WHEEL INDEPENDENT DRIVE VEHICLE FOR WHEN ONE WHEEL IS LOST

A target longitudinal force sum/yaw moment setting section (25) is provided which is configured to determine and set a target longitudinal force sum to be exerted on drive wheels (2), (3) by drive sources (4) and a target yaw moment of a vehicle (1). A failure detection section (26) is provided which is configured to detect occurrence of a failure in the drive source (4) of each of the drive wheels (2), (3) and a drive system including a control system of the drive source (4). A one-wheel-failure control section (27) is provided which is configured to, when a failure of one of the wheels is detected by the failure detection section (26), drive the drive sources of all the remaining sound wheels so as to minimize a sum of squares of load factors of the sound wheels and to be matched with the target longitudinal force sum and the target yaw moment that are set.