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5. Turn off the air conditioning when it’s not needed.
6. Use Economy Mode. This maximizes the vehicle’s fuel
economy. It’s activated by pressing the ‘ECO’ button.
The Economy Mode limits other aspects of the vehicle’s
performance, such as acceleration rate and air-
conditioning, to save fuel.
7. When accelerating keep the ‘Power’ needle in the green
range so that (depending on battery level) the petrol
engine does not start.
8. Avoid hard braking. Braking gently or moderately allows
the regenerative braking system to recover energy from
the vehicle’s forward motion and store it as electricity.
Hard braking causes the vehicle to use its conventional
friction brakes, which do not recover energy. When using
regenerative braking, the ‘negative’ (LH) paddle increases
the amount of regenerative braking and thus the braking
force. This action also reduces wear to the braking system
components.
9. Use 4WD Lock Mode only when additional traction or
stability is required.
10. Familiarise yourself with the car’s hybrid information
display so you can monitor how much energy is being
used.
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02 Selector lever
R (Reverse): The vehicle moves in reverse.
N (Neutral): No drive is transmitted to the wheels, which are not locked either.
D (Drive): The vehicle moves forward.
B (Regenerative brake): The intensity of regenerative braking increases.
03 Electrical parking switch
Press the switch to lock the wheels when you are parking your vehicle. The indicator lamp on the switch illuminates in green.
04 Battery charge switch
Pressing this switch when the READY indicator is illuminated starts the engine and charges the drive battery to nearly full.
05 Battery save switch
Pressing the switch when the READY indicator is illuminated
reduces battery consumption while driving and will operate the engine more frequently.
06 4WD lock switch
Pressing the switch while driving or during a standstill shifts your vehicle into 4WD LOCK. This mode offers the highest traction and stability typical of a 4WD SUV from low to high speed range—ideal
for low- to medium-speed driving on low-friction dirt roads and for driving on highways in rain or snow. Pressing the switch again puts the vehicle back in NORMAL.
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