Suspension control apparatus and vehicle

Abstract

A suspension control apparatus is configured to be applied to a vehicle and switch damping force characteristics of a damper in an electronically controlled suspension. The suspension control apparatus includes a memory and a control device. The memory is configured to store following-vehicle data from an in-vehicle sensor that measures a distance between a following vehicle rushing from behind and the vehicle. The control device is configured to: determine, based on the following-vehicle data stored in the memory, whether a rear-end collision between the following vehicle and the vehicle is to occur; and, when determining that the rear-end collision is to occur, perform a process of increasing a damping force of a rear damper disposed on a rear-wheel side of the vehicle compared with a damping force of a front damper disposed on a front-wheel side of the vehicle.

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