A method for controlling a driving power of a motor vehicle, which has a parallel or power-branched hybrid drive including at least one internal combustion engine, at least one electric machine, and at least one electrical energy store connected to the electric machine, is described in German Patent Application No. DE 10 2012 200 196 A1, the control of the driving power being carried out as a function of at least one specification, which determines a particular power request to the hybrid drive, of at least one movement parameter and/or one force and/or one torque, the specification of the at least one movement parameter and/or the force and/or the torque being delimited by at least one tolerance range, the control and/or the regulation of the driving power within the tolerance range furthermore also being carried out as a function of a present maximum possible driving power of the electric machine.