Method for operating a brake system of a vehicle

A method for operating a brake system of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises an electric machine configured to implement regenerative braking of the vehicle and a drive unit configured to operate in an overrun mode to carry out an overrun braking of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

• in response to detecting that a deceleration of the vehicle is initiated and a driving situation is suitable for regeneration, placing the drive unit into the overrun mode so as to initiate the overrun braking;
• and
• subsequently activating the regenerative braking so as to achieve a setpoint total regeneration torque, wherein the regenerative braking is activated only after an actual drive torque of the drive unit reaches 0-100% of a setpoint overrun regeneration torque.

An electric vehicle, comprising:

• an electric machine, wherein the electric vehicle is drivable by the electric machine;
• wherein the electric machine is configured such that overrun braking of the electric vehicle takes place in an overrun mode, regenerative braking of the electric vehicle takes place in a regeneration mode, and the regenerative braking is activated subsequent to an initiation of the overrun braking only after a limit value for a difference between an actual overrun regeneration torque by the overrun braking and a setpoint overrun regeneration torque is undershot.