e-tron
Driving situations Conditions Vehicle behavior
- Intentionally take your foot off of The gasoline engine turns off automati-
the gas pedal to allow for pro- cally and disengages when you release the
longed coasting. accelerator pedal completely. The veh icle
Driving on highways
glides without being propelled .
- Reduce the vehicle speed by re- Fuel consumption can be reduced by
and expressways
leasing the accelerator peda l and coast ing.
not by braking.
- Use the "S" selector lever position A sporty driving style increases fue l con-
and tiptron ic mode sparingly.
sumption .
- Do not run the gasoline engine to The temperature of the gasoline engine
warm the engine while the vehicle rises very s lowly and the fuel consump-
is parked tion increases considerably.
- Use the rear window/exterior This conserves the ene rgy in the high-volt-
Driving in cold weath-
mirror defogger and the seat heat- age battery so that it is availab le to run
ing sparing ly. the vehicle in electric mode.
er
- Park the vehicle in a garage over- This reduces exposure of the high-voltage
night battery to cold temperatures. The re-
quired temperature range for the high-
voltage battery will then be reached more
quickly after you start dr iving.
Energy flow display
Applies to : vehicles with plug -in hybrid drive
Fig. 102 Inst rument duster: ene rgy flow display
An energy flow display can be shown in the in-
strument cluster display/Infotainment system
1
>.
The image is animated in the Infota inment sys-
tem
1
>.
l l Not available in all Infota inme nt syste ms .
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Fig. 103 Infota inment system•: energy flow disp lay
Display of energy flow indicator in the
instrument cluster display
.,. Open the first Veh icle tab (tr ip compute r) using
the
lq 1>I button on the multifunction steering
wheel.
.,. Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit: on
the multifunction steering wheel, select: left
control button
> Energy flow.