Abstract: The invention relates to a device for energy recovery for an electrically driven motor vehicle. The device comprises an electric drive unit (16) for driving the motor vehicle and a permanent brake device (20) which is designed as a hydrodynamic retarder and is or can be drivingly connected to the electric drive unit (16). A waste heat recovery device (12) has an expansion machine (36) which is or can be connected to the permanent brake device (20) for energy recovery of a waste heat resulting from the braking of the permanent brake device (20). The invention also relates to a method for energy recovery in an electrically driven motor vehicle.