Renault KANGOO Vehicle User Manual page 30

ELECTRIC VEHICLE: charging
Precautions
(continued)
In anticipation of arrival and park-
ing in cold conditions (minus tem-
peratures), if the battery charge level
is below approximately 30%, the vehi-
cle must be recharged within approxi-
mately four hours after the vehicle is
parked.
When arriving in a cold location, the
battery temperature will drop and ap-
proach the exterior temperature.
In such a situation, the battery's useful
capacity (available energy level) may
be reduced significantly to the extent
that it will not be possible to start the
vehicle again.
Note: the useful capacity will be recov-
ered during the next journey if the bat-
tery temperature increases sufficiently.
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(8/13)
Favour charging the traction battery
after driving and/or in mild tempera-
tures. Otherwise, charging may take a
longer period of time or even become
impossible.
Advice
– In high temperatures, try to park and
recharge the vehicle in a shaded/
covered location;
– charging can be performed in the
rain or snow;
– activating the air-conditioning in-
creases the charging time required.
In the absence of any protection
against overvoltage, we recom-
mend that you do not recharge the
vehicle in stormy weather (lightning,
etc.).