BrightDrop Zevo 600 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-
16569273) - 2023 - CRC - 11/3/22
Driving and Operating 109
Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . . 110
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . 122
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 122
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
One-Pedal Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . 130
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) . . . . . . 149
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . 151
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . 151
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . 153
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Blind Zone Steering Assist (BZSA) . . . . . . 158
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Charging
When to Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Charging Status Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Utility Interruption of Charging . . . . . . . . 167
Electrical Requirements for Battery
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 168