Drive device for a vehicle and vehicle with the drive device and method

The invention has for its object to propose a drive device for a vehicle, which can provide an adapted strategy, in particular for downhill or overrun operation. For this purpose, a drive device 1 for a vehicle 2 with a transmission section 5 is proposed, and wherein the transmission section 5 can assume different operating states R, N, wherein the different operating states R, N at least one deceleration operating state R, wherein a deceleration torque is transmitted via the output interface 8, and a neutral operating state N, wherein the output interface 8 is decoupled from the first and the second drive interface 6, 7, and with at least one control device 12 with a brake interface 13 for controlling a braking device 14 of the vehicle 2, wherein the control device 12 is formed, upon a transition from the deceleration operating state R to the neutral operating state N, to actuate the brake interface 13 to output a brake command so that the braking device 14 continues and / or substitutes the decelerating torque of the deceleration operating state R.