This invention relates to a method for operating an
electric vehicle and an
electric vehicle comprising: an
electrical drive unit for the vehicle's driving motion; a
control unit for controlling the vehicle's driving motion; a first
energy storage device, particularly configured as a rechargeable battery device, for supplying a first
DC voltage to the
control unit; a second
energy storage device, particularly configured as a double-layer
capacitor device, and / or the second
energy storage device charging and discharging faster than the first energy storage device, for supplying a second
DC voltage to the drive unit; and a
power supply unit, particularly intermittently providing a DC output
voltage, wherein the first energy storage device is connected to the second energy storage device, particularly electrically, via a conversion device, wherein the connection between the first energy storage device and the
power supply unit, particularly an
electrical connection, is such that the DC output
voltage is substantially equal to the first
DC voltage, wherein the conversion device converts the first DC
voltage to the second DC voltage, and wherein
power flow from the second energy storage device to the first energy storage device is prevented.