Method for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle

A method for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle using a controller, wherein at least one vehicle wheel of the motor vehicle can be driven by an electric motor of the electromotive drive and wherein the electromotive drive has at least one energy source for the electric motor, wherein the method comprises the execution of the following steps by the controller:

• determining a request for applying a deceleration torque to the vehicle wheel;
• determining items of status information of the electromotive drive;
• selecting an operating mode of the electric motor from at least two possible operating modes of the electric motor depending on the determined items of status information,
• wherein each of the at least two possible operating modes specify targeted parameters of the electric motor;
• and
• actuating the electric motor in the selected operating mode by applying specified targeted parameters to the electric motor for applying the deceleration torque to the vehicle wheel,
• wherein, in a first operating mode from amongst the possible operating modes of the electric motor, the electric motor is actuated such that the rotational energy of the vehicle wheel is converted into electrical energy with a first efficiency,
• wherein, in a second operating mode from amongst the possible operating modes of the electric motor, the electric motor is actuated such that the rotational energy of the vehicle wheel is converted into electrical energy with a second efficiency,
• wherein the second efficiency is lower than the first efficiency, and
• wherein, when selecting the operating mode of the electric motor, absorption capacities of other electrical consumers of the motor vehicle for absorbing electrical energy are taken into account.