STARTING AND DRIVING
454
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Hybrid gauge (p. 82)
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Factors that affect range when running on
electricity (p. 454)
•
Starting and stopping the combustion engine
in Twin Engine (p. 444)
•
"Hold" and "Charge" function (p. 455)
Factors that affect range when
running on electricity
The car's range for electric operation depends
on several factors. The ability to achieve a long
range varies according to the circumstances and
conditions under which the car is being driven.
The certified value for the car's mileage on elec-
tric power should not be interpreted as an expec-
ted range. The certification value is a comparative
value obtained by means of special EU drive
cycles. The actual range is dependent on a num-
ber of factors.
Factors that affect the range
The driver can influence some factors, but has no
influence over others.
The longest range is achieved under extremely
favourable conditions when all factors have a
positive impact.
Factors the driver cannot influence
There are several external factors that affect the
range in varying degrees:
•
traffic situation
•
short driving distances
•
topography
•
outside temperature and headwind
•
road condition and surface.
The table below shows the approximate relation-
ship between outside temperature and range,
both in a car with deactivated passenger com-
partment climate control, as well as in a car with
normal passenger compartment climate control.
A warmer outside temperature has a positive
effect on range to a certain extent.
Outside tem-
perature
Deactivated
passenger
compartment
climate con-
trol
Normal pas-
senger com-
partment cli-
mate control
30 °C (86 °F)
95 % 80 %
20 °C (68 °F)
100 % 90 %
10 °C (50 °F)
90 % 80 %
0 °C (32 °F)
80 % 60 %
-10 °C
(14 °F)
70 % 40 %
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