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Tips for an efficient drive mode
App
lies
to vehicles: with plug-in
hybrid
drive
Driving
situations
Conditions
-
Cautious
driving
and
reserved
ac-
ce leration
.
Constant driving and
- Release
the accelerator peda
l
coasting (glid ing)
early and entirely.
- Brake
early
and
evenly with short
Energy
recovery (re-
pedal movements.
cu
peration)
Driving in city traffic
-
Accelerate moderately and
brake
early
and
evenly
-
Intentionally
take your foot off of
the gas peda
l
to allow for Lengthy
coast ing
.
Driving on highways
-
Reduce
t
he vehicle speed by
re-
and expressways
leasing the accelerator pedal and
not
by braking.
- Use the S selector lever position
and tiptronic mode sparing ly.
-
Do not
run
the
gasoline engine
while the vehicle is parked
to
warm
the engine.
-
Use the rear window/exterior
Driving
in
cold weath
-
mirror defroster and the seat heat-
ing sparingly.
er
-
Park
the vehicle in a garage over
-
night.
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Vehicle behavior
The kinetic
energy of the vehicle is
used
to
move the vehicle.
The gasoline engine turns off automati
-
cally and disengages when you release the
accelerator pedal comp letely. The veh icle
glides without being propelled
.
The
electric motor brakes the vehicle.
By
doing
this, a large amount of the kinetic
energy is
recovered
and may be stored
in
the high-voltage battery in the form of
electric energy
.
The
kinetic ene rgy of the veh icle is used to
move the vehicle.
The gasoline engine
turns
off automati
-
cally and disengages when yo
u
release the
accelerator pedal comp lete
ly.
The veh icle
g lides without being propelled
.
Fuel cons umption
can
be
reduced
by
coasting
.
A sporty driv ing style increases fue
l
con-
sumpt ion.
The
temperat
ur
e of
the
gasoline eng ine
rises
very slowly and
the fuel
consump-
tion
increases
considerably
.
This conserves the energy in the
high-volt-
age battery so that it is availab le to run
the vehicle in electric mode.
This
reduces
exposure of the high-voltage
battery to cold temperatu res
.
The
re-
quired temperature
range for
th
e high-
voltage
battery
will
then be reached more
quickly
after you start
driving.
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