The invention discloses a current vortex 
retarder, a generation / start integrated 
system and a control method thereof in the automobile field. A magnetoelectric 
machine and a current vortex 
retarder are arranged in a 
flywheel casing, an input shaft penetrates through the center of the 
flywheel casing and fixes the current vortex 
retarder and the magnetoelectric 
machine, and a 
control unit is arranged outside the 
flywheel casing and is respectively connected with the current vortex retarder, the magnetoelectric 
machine, a revolution speed 
transducer, a torque 
transducer and an accumulator. The 
control unit monitors the revolution speed of the input shaft to control coils of the current vortex retarder to be electrified so as to start an engine; the 
control unit also collects the current revolution speed and torque of the input shaft and the wheel speed signals of wheels, calculates the PWM value, and controls the size of the electrified 
electric current of the current vortex retarder so as to retard the engine. The generation / start integrated 
system is an intelligentized integrated 
system which integrates a start system, a generation system and a 
brake system, thereby reducing the weight. Besides, the produced current vortex 
brake moment can 
brake the engine so as to achieve the purpose of recovering the energy, prolong the service life of the accumulator and improve the stability of the brake system.