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Starting the vehicle
App lies to: vehicles with hybri d drive
The vehicle is started and tur ned off either wit h
the ign ition key <;>
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or wit h the
ISTAR T ENG I NE STOPI
button*
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same way as a conventional vehicle .
When start ing the veh icle, t he needles in the in-
st rument clus t er move upward briefly . When the
ve hicle enters d rive ready mode, the status mes-
sage
hybrid ready
appears briefly in t he instru-
ment cluster display and the needle in the power
meter points to
READY
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Depending on the ope ration mode of the hybrid
sys t em, there are two possible drive ready modes
after the vehicle has been started:
Drive ready mode with combustion engine
If the ope rat ing req uiremen t s
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e lectric dr ive mode are not met, t he combust ion
Power meter overview
Applies to: vehicles with hybrid drive
H y brid
engine starts the veh icle as usual. You can start
driving as usual.
Drive ready mode with the electric motor
If t he operating requireme nts
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the e lectr ic dr ive mode a re met, the comb ustion
engi ne rema ins off after starting the vehicle .
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Tips
To p revent t he 12 volt batte ry from discha rg-
ing, never le ave t he vehicle pa rked in the dr ive
ready mo de . Remove the key from the igni-
tion or press t he
I START E NGINE STOP !
but -
ton* . When leaving the vehicle always take
the key with yo u.
The power meter shows the hybrid drive condition and the availability of the hybrid system.
Fig.
1 16 Power mete r overview
An econom ica l dr iving and recupe rat ion range is
shown in g reen. A driv ing range that is no t
eco-
nomi cal is shown in orange. In addition , the bat-
tery st at us provides informatio n about the high
a,
~
voltage batte ry charge stat us .
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Fuel efficient driving wit hin the
combus ti on engine's pa rti al load
ra nge
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System limits for electric driving in
the EV mode
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Electr ic dr iving or driving with the
combust ion engine (EFFICIENCY)
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