A method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking
different driving situations into consideration, involving an evaluation
of a vehicle acceleration, wherein apart from a driving force of a
vehicle drive unit, resistance forces resulting from rotational forces,
air resistance, rolling resistance, the slope descending force and a
braking force are taken into consideration. Additionally, a multitude of
different driving situations may be evaluated, wherein the individual
results are stored and combined suitably into a collective mass value.
Further, different driving situations can be weighted differently in
determining the mass value.