Patent ID: 8335639

Claim:
A method for controlling the drive of a motor vehicle which has an internal combustion engine comprising a control device to which operating parameters of the drive and parameters influencing the driving operation of the motor vehicle are supplied and on the basis of said parameters the control device implements and terminates the implementation of one or more fuel consumption reduction measures if specific parameter constellations are present, the method comprising the steps of, at the control device during the operation of the vehicle: selecting at least one of the one or more fuel consumption reduction measures and determining a recommended duration for the selected at least one of the one or more fuel consumption reduction measures, determining an actual duration of the at least one selected fuel consumption reduction measures actually carried out during operation, correlating the recommended duration of the at least one selected fuel consumption reduction measures and the actual duration of the at least one actually carried out fuel consumption reduction measures, and determining a variable therefrom which represents a measure for the implementation of the at least one selected fuel consumption reduction measures.