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Select one option:
.Immediately Upon Plug In
. Delayed Based on
Departure Time
. Delayed (Electric Rate and
Departure Time)
Departure Time Entry
It is recommended to have the
vehicle unplugged when editing
departure time. From the main
charging screen, touch Next
Planned Departure.1. Touch the day to change.
2. Touch
yorzto change the
hours and minutes.
3. Touch
yorzto change AM
or PM.
4. Touch
Sto store changes and
return to the previous screen.
Charge Rate Information
From the Delayed Charge Mode
Status screen, touch Charge Rate
Information.
Select one of the following:
. Charge Completion: Earliest
Possible/Latest Possible
. Electric Rate Schedule
. Charge Rate Preference
Earliest or Latest Completion Time
If the vehicle calculates that the cost
would be the same for various
charge modes based on the charge
rates selected, select to finish the
charge at the earliest possible time
or the latest possible time. Use the
Earliest setting to charge as soon as
possible if there is a planned
departure prior to the scheduled
departure time. Use the Latest
setting to optimize energy usage.
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Charge Rate Preference Selection
From the main charging screen,
touch Charge Rate Information and
then touch Charge Rate Preference.
Touch one of the following options
to select the Charge Rate
Preference:
.Charge during Peak, Mid-Peak,
and Off-Peak Rates: The vehicle
can charge during any rate
period to satisfy the next
planned departure time.
However, it will select when to
charge to minimize the total cost
of the charge.
. Charge during Mid-Peak and
Off-Peak Rates: The vehicle will
charge during Off-Peak and/or
Mid-Peak rate periods only and will select when to charge to
minimize the total cost of the
charge.
. Charge during Off-Peak Rates:
The vehicle will only charge
during Off-Peak rate periods.
Charging begins at the start time
and is complete by the departure
time only if sufficient time is allowed
after the charge cord is plugged in.
For example, if the vehicle is
plugged in for only one hour prior to
the departure time, and the battery
is completely discharged, the
vehicle will not be fully charged by
the departure time regardless of the
rate selection.
Also, if the selected electric rate
settings result in a very long charge
completion time, the vehicle will
start charging immediately upon
plug-in. For example, if the electric
rate table is set up with all Peak
rates and the rate preference is to
charge during Off-Peak rates only,
then the vehicle will start charging
immediately upon plug-in. Electric Rate Plan Selection
Electric rates, or cost per unit, may
vary based on time, weekday/
weekend, and season. During the
day when the demand for electricity
is high, the rates are usually higher
and are called Peak rates. At night
when the demand for electricity is
low, the rates are usually lower and
are called Off-Peak rates. In some
areas, a Mid-Peak rate is offered.
Contact the utility company to obtain
the rate schedule for your area. The
summer and winter start dates must
be established to use a summer/
winter schedule.
From the Charge Rate Information
screen, touch Electric Rate
Schedule.
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The finish times must be
consecutive. If a finish time does not
follow a start time, the error
message displays“An invalid entry
was found in the data entered.
Please re-enter data.”
Electric Rate Finish Time Editing
It is recommended to have the
vehicle unplugged when editing
electric rate finish time. From the
Edit (Summer, Winter, or Yearly)
Electric Rate Schedule screen,
touch the row to change.
1. Touchyorzto adjust
the time.
2. Touch Off-Peak, Mid-Peak, or Peak to select the
electric rate. 3. Touch
S
3to store changes.
Only the finish time can be edited.
The start time is automatically
populated in the rate table.
Temporary Charge Mode
Override and Cancel
Programmed Delayed Charge
Modes can be temporarily
overridden to an Immediate Charge
Mode for one charge cycle. Also,
the next planned departure time can
be temporarily overridden for one
charge cycle. In addition to the
in-vehicle overrides via the
infotainment display, there are other
ways to temporarily override a
Delayed Charge Mode. See Plug-In
Charging 0213.
Temporary Override of a Delayed
Charge Mode
To temporarily override a Delayed
Charge Mode to Immediate Charge
Mode from inside the vehicle: 1. Touch Temporary Override Options on the main charging
screen.
2. Touch Charge Immediately at
Plug In to temporarily override
to an Immediate Charge Mode.
The Temporary Charge Mode Status
screen will automatically display the
revised charge complete time.
To cancel the temporary override to
Immediate, touch the X next to the
charge mode on the main charging
screen.
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Temporary Override of the Next
Planned Departure Time
To temporarily override the Next
Planned Departure Time from inside
the vehicle:1. Touch Temporary Override Options on the main charging
screen.
2. Touch TemporaryDeparture Time.
3. Touchyorzto change the
Next Departure Time.
4. Touch
S 3to confirm a
temporary override of the Next
Planned Departure Time.
The main charging screen will
automatically display the revised
departure time and charge
complete time.
The Temporary Departure Time can
only be updated for the same day
as the original Next Planned
Departure Time. Also, the vehicle
will not accept a Temporary
Departure Time that is before the
present time of day.
To cancel the temporary override of
the Next Planned Departure Time:
. From the Temporary Override
Options screen, touch Cancel
Temporary Override Setting.
. From the main charging screen,
touch the X on the right side of
the respective override text.
When you override to an
immediate charge mode, the X
will be on the far right side of
Charge Mode. When you
override the departure time of
either delayed charge mode, the
X will be on the far right side of
Next Planned Departure.
Location Based Charging
This feature allows charging
settings to be customized when the
vehicle is at home or away from
home. The charge mode and charge
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level preference will update based
on vehicle location. See“Charge
Limit Preference Selection” earlier in
this section. The charging
customization settings will be the
saved home profile settings at home
and Charge Immediate when away
from home.
Dashes display on the screen when
GPS is unavailable.
Using Location Based Charging
To use location based charging, a
home location must first be stored.
To store a home location:
1. From the Home page, touch Settings.
2. Touch Vehicle.
3. Touch Energy.
4. Touch Location Based Charging.
5. Touch Set Home Location.
6. A pop-up will confirm the setting and the compass will be
lit. In addition, the Set Home
Location will change to Update
Home Location. To turn location based charging on
or off:
1. Follow Steps 1–4 under “Using
Location Based Charging” to
get to the Location Based
Charging screen.
2. Touch ON or OFF to turn the system on or off.
Updating Home Location
To update the home location: 1. Follow Steps 1–4 under “Using
Location Based Charging” to
get to the Location Based
Charging screen.
2. Choose Update Home Location.
3. Choose:
Update : Use when the vehicle is
parked in a new location.
Cancel : Use to cancel this
operation and make no changes.
Remove : Use to remove the stored
home location from the vehicle. This
will turn the feature off because
there will be no home location
stored. Expiration
The charge level preference at the
home location is stored for up to
90 days. After 90 days, a notification
will display on the screen and the
charge level preference will need to
be reset for the next 90 days.
Charging Interrupted or
Overridden Pop-Up
The Charging Interrupted or
Overridden message will appear if
there was an unintended loss of AC
power during the plug in charge
event. For example, there was a
power outage or the charge cord
was unplugged from the wall.
See
Utility Interruption of Charging
0 226.
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Programmable Charging
Disabled
When the Programmable Charging
system is disabled, the main
charging screen will display“- -:- -”
for the Charge Complete Time. The
Programmable Charging system will
be disabled if the Charge Complete
Time cannot be confidently
estimated. If the Programmable
Charging system is consistently
disabled, see your dealer.
A message displays if the vehicle is
not able to charge.
Energy Information
To view Energy Usage, Energy
Usage Score, and Energy Details,
touch ENERGY on the infotainment display, touch INFO, then touch
hor
k. To reset the values, the high
voltage battery needs to be fully
recharged.
Energy Usage
The Energy Usage screen displays
information for the total of all drive
cycles since the last time the high
voltage battery was fully charged.
This includes:
. Distance traveled in
Electric Mode
. Distance traveled in Extended
Range Mode
. Total distance traveled
. Electric energy used from the
battery .
Total fuel used
. Average fuel economy
The electric equivalent to fuel
economy is MPGe. Touch MPG on
the screen to view. When dashes
are displayed, the maximum limits to
some values have been reached.
The circle graph displays
the percentage of distance traveled
using Electric Mode versus
Extended Range Mode. The
Lifetime fuel economy is a total over
the life of the vehicle and can only
be reset by the dealer. The Energy
Usage information will also appear
automatically on power off when
Retained Accessory Power is
active. This pop-up can be disabled.
See “Energy Summary Pop-up”
under Vehicle Personalization
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are available. The Alert setting
disables FAB. SeeForward
Automatic Braking (FAB) 0207.
Select Off, Alert, or Alert and Brake.
Rear Cross Traffic Alert
This allows the Rear Cross Traffic
Alert to be turned on or off.
Select Off or On. See Assistance
Systems for Parking or Backing
0 201.
Adaptive Cruise Go Notifier
This setting determines if an alert
will appear when Adaptive Cruise
Control brings the vehicle to a
complete stop and the vehicle
ahead of you starts moving again.
See Adaptive Cruise Control 0193.
Select Off or On.
Lane Change Alert
This allows the Lane Change Alert
feature to be turned on or off.
Select Off or On. See Lane Change
Alert (LCA) 0209.Comfort and Convenience
Select and the following may
display:
.
Chime Volume
. Extended Hill Start Assist
Chime Volume
This allows the selection of the
chime volume level.
Touch + or −to adjust the volume.
Extended Hill Start Assist
This allows the duration of the Hill
Start Assist to be changed. See
“Extended Hill Start Assist (EHSA)”
in Hill Start Assist (HSA) 0187.
Select Extended Hold or
Standard Hold.
Energy
Select and the following may
display:
. Location Based Charging
. Energy Summary Pop-up
. Charge Status Feedback
. Charge Cord Theft Alert .
Charge Power Loss Alert
Location Based Charging
This allows the feature to be turned
on or off.
Select Set Home Location, On,
or Off.
Energy Summary Pop-up
This allows the feature to be turned
on or off.
Select Off or On.
Charge Status Feedback
If the feature is on, horn chirps
are on.
Select Off or On.
Charge Cord Theft Alert
This allows the feature to be turned
on or off.
Select Off or On.
Charge Power Loss Alert
This allows the feature to be turned
on or off.
Select Off or On.
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Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 164
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 165
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 171
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Starting and Stopping theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electric Vehicle Operating
Modes
System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . . 177
Driver Selected Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Out of Fuel/Engine Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . 180
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Brakes
Antilock BrakeSystem (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 185
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 187
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . 187
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 190
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 193
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 200
Assistance Systems for Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 201
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Forward Automatic Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 209
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 211
Charging
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Delayed Charging Override . . . 215
Charging Status Feedback . . . 215
Charge Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220