Seat Tarraco 2022 Owner's Manual page 162

E-MODE (driving in electric mode)
In the E-MODE electric driving mode, the vehi-
cle basically drives in electric only mode. To
the extent possible, the vehicle's combustion
engine is not used.
All of the following conditions must be met for
E-MODE to be activated:
●
The high voltage battery has a sufficient
charge level.
●
The vehicle speed is lower than 130 km/h (80
mph).
●
The high voltage battery temperature is
above -10°C.
If, while driving in E-MODE mode, the necessary
conditions are no longer met, the combustion
engine starts and electric driving is suspended.
In this case, the indicator
instrument cluster display.
The combustion engine starts when a kick-
down occurs in E-MODE. However, E-MODE re-
mains activated.
Hybrid (use the battery's charge)
This is the operating mode that allows you to
save most fuel.
The operating mode control unit tries to make
the most of the battery charge. For this pur-
pose, with active directions the navigation data
are also accessed.
1) The displayed symbol varies depending on the active operating mode and the charge level of the high-voltage battery.
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In this operating mode, the electric motor and
1)
the combustion engine share the work of driv-
ing the vehicle.
In hybrid operating mode, the power from
the battery charge is used optimally. If route
guidance is activated, the vehicle may autono-
mously recharge the high-voltage battery using
the combustion engine.
Manual control of the battery charge
Manual control of the battery charge is only
possible in Hybrid operating mode. The option
selected by the user is only valid until the igni-
tion is switched off or the vehicle is switched to
Hybrid mode or E-MODE.
Press the function button
bols , = and
lights up on the
Pressing this symbol selects a higher the-
oretical charge level. The vehicle tries to
reach that new theoretical high-voltage
battery charge level while driving. The vehi-
cle is powered by the combustion engine. If
the combustion engine has "excess" power,
it is used to charge the high-voltage bat-
1)
tery.
This option increases fuel consumption.
SEAT therefore recommends using the
charging socket to charge the high-voltage
battery, whenever possible
Driving
and use the sym-
to control the battery charge:
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page 71.
The high-voltage battery charge level is
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kept at around the current level while driv-
ing. If you accelerate harder or increase
the vehicle speed, the combustion engine
starts up. When permitted by the driver's
demand for acceleration and the vehicle
speed, the vehicle switches back to electric
mode.
Pressing this symbol selects a lower theo-
retical charge level. The vehicle only uses
the battery's charge when it is above the
selected theoretical charge level. The rest
is kept until the end of the journey.
Show the active operating mode
The operating mode active at any given time is
displayed on the instrument cluster display, e.g.
.
WARNING
Switching to a different operating mode
while driving can distract you from traffic
conditions and cause accidents.
Note
Information about the operating mode that
is currently active is displayed on the instru-
ment cluster display, along with the charge
level of the high-voltage battery.