Operating Mode - Mercedes-Benz 2016 GLE Operator's Manual

PLUG-IN HYBRID operation
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Selecting the operating mode
Button : allows you to choose between differ-
ent operating modes.
Press button : to change the operating
X
mode.
The operating mode selected appears in the
instrument cluster (
If it is not possible to change operating
modes, the display message
current drive program before chang‐
ing the operating mode.
ual drive program M before changing
the operating mode.
function display. Further information on "Dis-
play messages" (
Operating mode selected
:
Operating mode unavailable
;
Operating mode available
=
page 245).
Y
Change the
or Exit man‐
appears in the multi-
page 299).
Y
HYBRID
Electric mode or driving
R
with the internal combus-
tion engine is possible
Automatic selection of
R
drive mode with electric
mode as often as possi-
ble
The high-voltage battery
R
is discharged to approx-
imately 15%.
To subsequently main-
R
tain the condition of
charge of the high-volt-
age battery, the electric
output is reduced. All
vehicle functions such as
electric mode, energy
recuperation or boost
mode, for example, are
still available.
E-MODE
Purely electric operation
R
until the performance
limit of the electric motor
is reached
E-SAVE
Electric mode or driving
R
with the internal combus-
tion engine is possible
Automatic selection of
R
drive mode with electric
mode as often as possi-
ble
The current condition of
R
charge of the high-volt-
age battery is maintained
so the electrical energy
can be used at a later
time.
CHARGE
Electric drive is not pos-
R
sible
Charging the high-volt-
R
age battery while driving
using the combustion
engine
In the Sport drive program (
during manual gearshifting (
the HYBRID operating mode is available.
If you switch from the Sport drive program to
the Comfort drive program, the HYBRID oper-
ating mode remains selected.
page 251) and
Y
page 251), only
Y