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Seite 69 Driving Controls The following exemplary driving situations mayAutomatic maintenance run show that: To ensure that the Range Extender functions ▷ Decelerating downhill. properly even during longer periods of non- use, the Range Extender is automatically acti‐ ▷ Deceleration before a red light. vated for a few minutes at certain intervals dur‐ Avoid late or abrupt braking. Instead, deceler‐ ing the trip. Respective Check Control ate the vehicle using energy recovery. messages indicate the dry run. Should that oc‐ cur at an unfavorable time you may cancel the Coasting dry run by pressing the Start/Stop button. It The electric drive makes it possible to roll with‐ postpones the dry run. out consuming energy. This driving condition Should the high-voltage battery be fully is referred to as coasting. charged or if there is not enough gas in the Proactive driving reduces energy consumption tank then a dry run will not be executed. and increases the range. With vehicle rolling, no energy is recovered.Heavily discharged high-voltage battery Exemplary traffic situations If the high-voltage battery is heavily dis‐ If a route can be traveled without anticipatedcharged during the trip, the performance and need for braking, it is advantageous to roll.some comfort features are reduced step-by- step to extend the range. The following exemplary driving situations may show that: Heated high-voltage battery ▷ Rolling on a straight downhill route without obstacles. With a stationary dirt ▷ Coasting on a route without obstacles. In exceptional cases, it is possible that the Avoid late or abrupt braking. high-voltage battery heats up sharply when the vehicle is stationary. E. g. with extreme exter‐ Range Extender nal temperatures and direct solar radiation. With a overheated high-voltage battery, drive Increase range readiness cannot be switched on. If the charging state of the high-voltage batteryA Check Control message is displayed. drops during travel to a minimum value, the Another message will indicate when drive Range Extender starts and supplies the re‐ readiness is available again. quired electrical energy for driving on. The symbol on the charging state indicator While driving designates a Range Extender reel-on time. If the high-voltage battery overheats during the The Range Extender controls its output auto‐trip, the performance is reduced step-by-step matically, turns itself off and restarts accordingin order to cool down the battery. The ePO‐ to the driving situation. WER performance display in the instrument cluster returns in the process. When tempera‐ The high-voltage battery will not be charged ture increases further, park the vehicle until the by the Range Extender. high-voltage batter has cooled down. Should the performance display fall to 0, drive readi‐ 69 Online Edition for Part no. 01 40 2 960 865 - II/15

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