Patent ID: 8738252

Claim:
A method for driving of a vehicle having a gearbox which is connected to a combustion engine, wherein the gearbox can be set to different transmission ratios including a low transmission ratio in which the method is performed when a speed of an engine of the vehicle is below a minimum engine speed at which a maximum torque plateau for the low transmission ratio is reached, the vehicle being configured to be driven in a first mode or in a second mode at the low transmission ratio, such that, in the first mode, the vehicle is driven without fuel supply to the engine and in the second mode, the engine is provided with fuel supply to deliver motive force for propulsion of the vehicle, the method comprising: mode determining whether the vehicle should be driven at the low transmission ratio in which the engine speed is below the minimum engine speed at which the maximum torque plateau for the low transmission ratio is reached, according to the first mode or the second mode, on the basis of a need for motive force supplied by the engine.