Driving - BMW Touring plug-in hybrid 3 Series Owner's Handbook Manual

Driving

Vehicle equipment
This chapter describes all standard, country-spe‐
cific and optional equipment available for the
model series. It may therefore describe equip‐
ment and functions which are not installed in
your vehicle, for example on account of the spe‐
cial equipment selected or the country specifica‐
tion. This also applies to safety-relevant func‐
tions and systems. Please comply with the
relevant laws and regulations when using the
corresponding functions and systems.
BMW eDRIVE
Principle
This BMW is a hybrid vehicle. As well as the in‐
ternal combustion engine, the vehicle is equip‐
ped with a high-voltage hybrid system consisting
of an electric motor and a high-voltage battery,
among other components.
The hybrid system can move the vehicle under
electric power alone, or support the internal com‐
bustion engine in certain situations.
General
When driving under electric power, the vehicle
does not consume any fuel. For example, this al‐
lows particularly environmentally friendly driving
in inner-city areas, without generating emissions.
During driving with the combustion engine, the
hybrid system helps to lower fuel consumption.
The electric motor is switched on to support this,
if required by the situation.
In addition, the electric motor acts as a genera‐
tor: the electric motor converts the kinetic energy
of the vehicle into electrical energy when braking
and when rolling in overrun mode. The electrical
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Driving
energy is saved in the high-voltage battery and is
used to drive the electric motor.
The high-voltage battery can be charged using
the charge point at charging stations or at do‐
mestic socket outlets.
Overview
Hybrid system components
1 Internal combustion engine
2 Power electronics
3 Electric motor
4 High-voltage cables: orange
5 Auxiliary battery for internal combustion en‐
gine
6 High-voltage battery
7 Charge control unit
8 Charge point
Hybrid system settings
General
The hybrid system properties can be set to the
following hybrid modes using Driving Experience
Control:
▷ SPORT
▷ HYBRID
▷ ELECTRIC
CONTROLS
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