Method for controlling a motor-driven flap assembly of a motor vehicle

A method for activating a motor-driven hatch arrangement of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle is equipped with a central, rechargeable electrical energy-storage device,

• wherein a control arrangement, for activating a motor-driven drive arrangement assigned to the hatch arrangement, and a distance sensor, coupled with the control arrangement, are provided, wherein sensor signals are captured by the distance sensor for the purpose of detecting an operator action executed by an operator of the motor vehicle,
• wherein the sensor signals are evaluated in an evaluation routine by the control arrangement for the purpose of detecting a specified operator action, and upon detection of the specified operator action the drive arrangement is activated by the control arrangement,
• wherein when a specified charging criterion, which represents a process of charging, external to the motor vehicle, of the energy-storage device, is satisfied, the evaluation routine is carried out by the control arrangement in a specified charging mode in which the evaluation of the sensor signals is modified, proceeding from an evaluation according to normal operation.