Dr
ivin g ECO
Assis tfu nct ion EC
OAs sis tanal yzesdat afo rth eve hicle's expec‐
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimally
adjus tth edr iving style fo rth ero uteahead, save
fuel andrecup erate. Ifth esy stem detects an
eve ntahead, e.g .a spe edlimit oratraf fic cir cle ,
it wi llap pea ron themultifunc tiondispla y1.
The follo wing symbols canbedispla yed: No
tall event scan bedispla yed, depending onthe
engine type. 1
Event ahead
2 Distance totheeve ntahead
3 "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt
A differ ent number ofsegment s2 will appear
ar ound thesymbol depending onthedis tance to
th eeve ntahead:
R Fewsegm ents:theev ent ahead isnear .
R Man ysegment s:theev ent ahead isfur ther
aw ay.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAssi st
cal cul ates theop timal speed formaximu mfuel
econom yand recup erati ve ener gybased onthe
dis tance, speedand downh ill gr ad ient. The Foot off
the Accel erator mes sage will appear onthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Ifth edr iver lifts offth e
acc elerat orpedal ingood time,there maini ng
segments onthedispla ywill turngr een until the
eve ntsho wnisreac hed. Thedrivet ra in will be
se tfo rmaximu mfuel econom y.The vehicle will
coas t,wit hth ecombus tionengine switchedoff
if neces sary,and recup erateon itsownus ing
th eelectr icmo tor.Re cup erati on willch arge the
batt ery.
If th er eis no response totheFoot offthe Accel-
erator prom pt,th esegment swill remain white.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle ahead andwhen
th ecoas t-do wn recomme ndation isgiv en, all
seg ments willimme diat ely turngr een once ther e
is are sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator
pr om pt.
Fo rAc tiveECO Assistindrive pr og ram ;,
symbo l3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand ontheHead-up Displaybeside trans‐
mission position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear
when theassis tant displ ayisno tselec ted. 34
Driving and parking
