BrightDrop EV600 2022 - Driving and Operating; Driving Information; Starting and Operating; Electric Drive Unit

BrightDrop EV600 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S.-15563034) -
2022 - CRC - 9/29/21
Driving and Operating 107
Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . 108
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . 119
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 120
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
One-Pedal Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) . . . . . . 135
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . 136
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . 138
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Charging
When to Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Charging Status Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Utility Interruption of Charging . . . . . . . . 150
Electrical Requirements for Battery
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 151