Starting a standstill vehicle in accordance with a start strategy

A computer-implemented method for starting a standstill vehicle in accordance with a start strategy, said vehicle having a vehicle longitudinal extension in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a vehicle vertical extension in a vehicle vertical direction, wherein said vehicle longitudinal direction corresponds to an intended direction of travel of said vehicle when travelling straight ahead, said vehicle vertical direction corresponding to a direction of a normal to a planar surface supporting the vehicle, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• by a processor device of a computer system, obtaining suspension capabilities of a suspension arrangement in the vehicle, the suspension capabilities being indicative of at least a maximum vertical load, in said vertical direction, that can be applied to a driven axle of the vehicle,
• a) by the processor device, in a suspension control step, issuing suspension operation information to the vehicle to operate the suspension arrangement in accordance with the suspension capabilities to increase the vertical load applied to said driven axle of the vehicle, wherein the suspension control step comprises operating the suspension arrangement in accordance with the suspension capabilities to increase the vertical load applied such that the vertical load applied to said driven axle varies in accordance with a function of time, and wherein, the vertical load applied to said driven axle varies as a function of time with a time period such that a vertical load function with crests and troughs is obtained, and wherein the time period is dependent on an actuation rate of the suspension arrangement;
• b) by the processor device, in a propulsion control step, issuing propulsion control information to the vehicle to apply a propulsion longitudinal force, in said longitudinal direction, on the wheels of the driven axle of the vehicle,
• in response to detecting that the vehicle does not follow the start strategy, repeating the suspension control step and the propulsion control step.