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Brake energy recuperation
On the selector lever: connect the
Fig. 134
brake energy recuperation.
On the instrument panel display: indi-
Fig. 135
cation of recuperation levels.
The brake energy recuperation can generate
a braking effect. This braking effect depends
on the selected driving programme and the
level of charge of the high-voltage battery.
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Driving
When braking the vehicle and when the vehi-
cle moves by inertia or travels downhill in the
deceleration phase, electric power is gener-
ated by the electric engine and stored in the
high-voltage battery. The electric engine
then operates as an alternator and produces
a engine brake effect. This process is called
brake energy recuperation.
The status of the recuperation is indicated in
the power display of the instrument panel
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57. When recuperation is active, the
needle goes to the green area of the display.
The current recuperation level is displayed on
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the instrument panel display
Given the case, in the application installed on
the smartphone you can view a statistic of
the energy recuperated over the last 30 mi-
nutes. Check the electronic instruction man-
ual of the application for this.
The effect of the engine brake is more or less
intense depending on the level of recupera-
tion. If the recuperation is very intense, the
brake light of the vehicle may also be switch-
ed on. As the charge level of the high-voltage
battery increases, the recuperation reduces
and, thus, the effect of the engine brake.
When the high-voltage battery is fully charg-
ed, no energy recuperation takes place and
the effect of the engine brake is not available.
When the vehicle detects that road condi-
tions do not allow safe contact between the
wheels and the road, the energy recupera-
tion is automatically reduced and, therefore,
the effect of the engine brake
Select a recuperation level
There are a total of 4 brake energy recupera-
tion levels. You can switch between recupera-
tion levels 1 to 3 by pressing the selector lever
slightly sideways towards
:
–
Push the selector lever slightly to the left to
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increase one recuperation level.
Push the selector lever slightly to the right
●
to decrease one recuperation level.
Fig.
135.
Push the selector lever to the right for a few
●
seconds to disconnect the recuperation.
To increase to recuperation level 4, push the
selector lever slightly to position B.. Pushing it
again gently in the direction of the arrow
is changed back to position D and the last re-
cuperation level that was selected is activa-
ted.
Recuperation level
ing:
The vehicle moves by inertia. Recupera-
0
tion only takes place when braking.
Slight recuperation, recuperation level 1
1
Medium recuperation, recuperation lev-
2
el 2
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and
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, it
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