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Driving
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Driving with electric drive
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The displayed symbol varies depending on the active operating mode and the charge level of the high-voltage battery.
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The combustion engine starts when a kick-
down occurs in Electric mode. However, Electric
mode remains on.
Hybrid mode (use the battery's charge)
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This is the operating mode that allows you to
save most fuel.
The operating mode control unit tries to make
the most of the battery charge. For this pur-
pose, with active directions the navigation data
are also accessed.
In this operating mode, the electric motor and
the combustion engine share the work of driv-
ing the vehicle.
In hybrid operating mode, the power from
the battery charge is used optimally. If route
guidance is activated, the vehicle may autono-
mously recharge the high-voltage battery using
the combustion engine.
Manual control of the battery charge
Manual control of the battery charge is only
possible in Hybrid mode. The option selected
by the user is only valid until the ignition is
switched o or the vehicle is switched to Hybrid
mode or Electric mode.
Key to ›››Fig.121:
The horizontal bar can be used to select a
lower theoretical charge level of the high
voltage battery. The system does not al-
low the selection of a higher charge level
than the one that is displayed. The vehicle
only uses the battery's charge when it is
above the selected theoretical charge
level. The rest is kept until the end of the
journey.
Maintaining the battery level . The
high-voltage battery charge level is kept
at around the current level while driving. If
you accelerate harder or increase the ve-
hicle speed, the combustion engine starts
up. When permitted by the driver’s demand
for acceleration and the vehicle speed, the
vehicle switches back to electric mode.
SEAT recommends using the charging
socket to charge the high-voltage battery,
whenever possible ›››page80.
Adjust the recovery level. Allows you to
select between dierent levels of recovery:
Smooth, Auto or Strong. If there is no active
route, the system will oer the activation of
a predictive route to run in a more ecient
hybrid mode.
Smooth: In this mode recuperation is low.
The level of recuperation can be adjusted
in combination with the gear shift, using the
steering wheel paddles.
Auto: In “ECO” and “Comfort” driving
modes, recuperation is generally smooth,
although it can be strong, depending on
the driving situation. If the “Performance”
driving mode is selected, recuperation will
be strong. The level of recuperation can be
adjusted in combination with the gear shift,
using the steering wheel paddles.
Strong: The vehicle recuperates as much
energy as possible, depending on the sit-
uation. If the brake pedal is depressed, the
vehicle also recovers energy through the
high-voltage system. If the recuperation
level is Strong, the brake lights will also
light up to indicate that the vehicle is de-
celerating.
For the most ecient driving possible, we
recommend activating the eciency assis-
tant ›››page199, driving in “ECO” driving
mode, setting the gear shift to D and the
recuperation mode to Auto.
WARNING
Medium and strong energy recuperation can
cause loss of traction and skidding, particu-
larly on slippery roads. This can lead to loss
of control of the vehicle, accidents and seri-
ous injuries.
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Only activate the high recuperation level if
visibility, weather, road and trac conditions
permit, and if other road users are not at risk
due to your vehicle's deceleration behaviour
and driving style.