BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a travel control apparatus applied to a vehicle autonomous driving system.

Background Art

In a conventional technology, fails of electricity storage devices is detected, and the connection state between a drive unit and the electricity storage devices is changed in accordance with the detected state of the failure of the electricity storage devices.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure is a travel control apparatus applied to a vehicle autonomous driving system. The travel control apparatus to be applied to an autonomous driving system for a vehicle, the travel control apparatus comprising: a state detection unit that detects whether each of at least three power sources of the autonomous driving system including one or more electricity storage devices and one or more power generators is in a normal state or in a malfunctioning state; and a mode setting unit that sets a fail operation mode corresponding to a type of at least one of the power sources upon determination that the at least one of the power sources is in the malfunctioning state.

