Climate Control; Safety Information - BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 5 Owner's Manual

Coasting
The engine is automatically switched off. This
driving condition is referred to as coasting, re‐
fer to page 70.
Driving with the combustion engine:
DRIVE
The combustion engine, refer to page 71,
provides the primary drive power to move the
vehicle. If necessary, the high-voltage battery
is charged at the same time.
The hybrid system always starts the combus‐
tion engine automatically.
Energy recovery: CHARGE
The high-voltage battery of the hybrid system
is charged through energy recovery.
The electric motor acts as a generator and
converts the kinetic energy of the vehicle into
electric current.
Charging can take place in various situations:
▷ When the vehicle is coasting if the acceler‐
ator is not pressed.
▷ During vehicle braking.
When exerting gentle pressure on the brakes,
the vehicle is only braked by the electric motor.
When the brake pedal is depressed further, the
brake system is activated additionally. This is
why only part of the brake energy is used to
charge the high-voltage battery when exerting
firm pressure on the brake.
Foresighted driving and the early reduction of
speed are important to make full use of the hy‐
brid characteristics of your vehicle.
Automatic Engine Start/Stop Function
The Auto Start/Stop function, refer to
page 69, switches the combustion engine off
when coasting, braking and while the vehicle is
stopped. Convenience functions such as the
automatic climate control are supplied by the
high-voltage battery and can remain switched
on.
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Auxiliary functions of the automatic

climate control

The hybrid system makes it possible to oper‐
ate the automatic climate control even with the
combustion engine switched off. In this way,
the interior of the vehicle can be cooled for ex‐
ample during a break in the journey by residual
cooling or even before the trip by auxiliary air
conditioning.
▷ Residual cooling, refer to page 157.
▷ Auxiliary air conditioning, refer to
page 158
Adapting to the course of the road
When destination guidance is active, the hy‐
brid system uses the navigation data. This
makes it possible to switch off the combustion
engine upon reaching the destination zone
even before reaching the destination.
Pay attention to the notes in Adapting to the
course of the road, refer to page 87.
Display
The displays of the hybrid system, refer to
page 85, provide information about the cur‐
rent state of hybrid operation and show the
system activity in a chart.
Energy-saving driving
To save energy while driving, read the follow‐
ing information:
▷ Saving fuel, refer to page
▷ Using the hybrid system efficiently, refer to
page 172
▷ ECO PRO mode, refer to page 181.

Safety information

Read the information on Safety of the hybrid
system, refer to page 219.
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