Patent ID: 9221450
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B60T,F16D

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises an electrical machine for driving the vehicle and comprises a brake system, wherein the vehicle is designed to recover electrical energy from a movement of the vehicle by the electrical machine, the method comprising: determining a state of the brake system of the vehicle; detecting an actuation operation of a brake pedal of the vehicle; and adjusting a brake pressure of the brake system and an energy recovery operation by means of the electrical machine depending on the state of the brake system and the actuation of the brake pedal, wherein determining the state of the brake system comprises determining a degradation state of the brake system, wherein the degradation state indicates degradation of a braking effect of the brake system due to corrosion or soiling of frictional bodies of the brake system, wherein adjusting the brake pressure of the brake system and the energy recovery by the electrical machine comprises: increasing a ratio of brake pressure to energy recovery as degradation of the braking effect of the brake system increases.