Eco Guide & Power Guide - Volvo V40 Owner's Manual

03 Instruments and controls
Eco guide & Power guide*
Eco guide and Power guide are two com-
bined instrument panel (p. 60) instruments
which help the driver to drive the car with
optimum driving economy.
The car also stores statistics of journeys
made, which can be viewed in the form of a
block diagram; see Trip computer - trip statis-
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tics* (p. 124).
Eco guide
This instrument provides an indication of how
economically the car is being driven.
To view this function, select the theme "Eco";
see Digital combined instrument panel - over-
view (p. 61).
Instantaneous value
Average value
Power is dependent on engine speed.
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
Instantaneous value
The instantaneous value is displayed here -
the higher the result on the scale, the better.
The instantaneous value is calculated on the
basis of speed, engine speed, engine power
utilised plus use of the foot brake.
Optimum speed (50-80 km/h) and low revs
are encouraged. The pointers fall under
acceleration and braking.
Very low instantaneous values illuminate the
red zone on the meter (with a short delay),
which means poor driving economy and
hence should be avoided.
Average value
The average value slowly follows the instanta-
neous value and describes how the car has
been driven of late. The higher the pointers
on the scale, the better the economy ach-
ieved by the driver.
Power guide
This instrument shows the relationship
between how much power (Power) is being
taken from the engine and how much power
is available.
To view this function, select the theme
"Performance"; see Digital combined instru-
ment panel - overview (p. 61).
Available engine power
Engine power utilised
Available engine power
The smaller, upper pointer shows the availa-
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ble engine power . The higher the result on
the scale, the more power is available in the
current gear.
Engine power utilised
The larger, lower pointer shows the engine
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power utilised . The higher the result on the
scale, the more power is being taken from the
engine.
A large gap between the two pointers indi-
cates a large power reserve.