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Driving your vehicle
Regenerative braking system operates 
the paddle shift lever to control the 
regenerative braking intensity of the 
vehicle. It improves the fuel efficiency of 
the vehicle and helps the driver to have a 
better driving experience.
 Information
The regenerative braking system uses the 
electric motor to engage the brake. The 
electric motor converts the kinetic energy 
generated from decelerating the vehicle 
to electricity and charges the high voltage 
battery.
Using regenerative braking 
system
Operating paddle shift lever
Operate the paddle shift lever as shown 
below to use the regenerative braking 
system.
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•  Pull the left paddle shift ( ) once 
to raise the regenerative braking 
intensity level by 1. It will increase 
decelerating intensity.
•  Pull the right paddle shift ( ) once 
to lower the regenerative braking 
intensity level by 1. It will decrease 
decelerating intensity.
•  Pull and hold the left paddle shift 
(
) for over 0.5 seconds to keep 
raising the regenerative braking 
intensity level. Keeping hold of the 
paddle shift will bring the vehicle to 
stop.
•  (While the smart recuperation system 
is turned on) Pull and hold the right 
paddle (
) shift for over 1 second 
to turn off the smart recuperation 
system. (See ‘Smart Recuperation 
System’ for the details.)
Checking the amount of 
regenerative braking
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The selected regenerative braking level 
is displayed on the instrument cluster. 
When the vehicle is turned off and on 
again after the regenerative braking level 
is lowered to 0 or i-PEDAL, the braking 
level will change to 1.
REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM (PADDLE SHIFTER)