Carriages and methods for acceleration and braking the carriage

Method for accelerating and decelerating a conveyor car and conveyor car (1) with mounted drivable conveying elements that form a flat conveying surface, wherein for moving the conveyor car transversely to the conveying direction of the conveying elements at the underside of the conveyor car at least one drive wheel (9; 10) is provided, which is driven by a travel drive (12), characterized in that means are provided to use the travel drive as an electromotive brake.