The lettering in
thes egment will light up brightl y,
th eo uter edg ewill light up and thes egment will
/ll up when thef ollowing driving style is adop ted:
R 1 Steady speed
R 2 Gentle deceleration and rolling
R 3 Moderat eacceleration
The lettering in thes egment will be grey ,the outer
edg ewill be dar kand thes egment will em pty
when thef ollowing driving style is adop ted:
R 1 Fluctuation sinspeed
R 2 Heavy braking
R 3 Sporty acceleration The EC
Odispla ywill sho wyou when youh ave
driven economicall y:
R The thre es egments will /ll up comple tely at
th es ame time
R The edges around all thre es egments will light
up
The additional rang ea chieve dasar esult of your
driving style in comparison wit hadrive rw itha
ve ry sporty driving st ylew ill be shown in the
cent reof display 4.Therang ed ispla yedd oes
no tindicat ea/xedr eduction in consum ption. R
R
ecuper
ecuper ativ
ativebr
ebr ak
ak es yst
es ystem
em F
F
unction of t
unction of t he r
he recuper
ecuper ativ
ativebr
ebr ak
akes yst
es ystem
em
Depending on thes elected recuperation le vel,the
electric mo tors areo perated as an alternator
when in overrun mode and during braking in order
to charge theh igh-voltag ebatter ywhile driving.
As soon as your elease thea ccelerator pedal
when thev ehicleisinm otion ,recuperation in
ove rrun mode is initiated.
The higher ther ecuperation, them ores harpl ythe
ve hicle is braked when coastin gand them ore electrical energy is
fedi ntot he high-voltag ebat-
te ry.
The rege nerativ ebrake system ha sthe following
ch aracteristics:
R supports braking with elect ronicall ycont rolled
brak eforce boosting
R con vertst he kinetic energy of thev ehiclei nto
elect rice nergy
% Ifyo ub rake hard, them echanical brak eis
also used. This means that them aximum
re cuperativ eenergy canno tberecovered. The
mor eyou driv eand brak einana nticipatory
manner ,the mor ee1cient lyenergy can be
re cuperated.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
The braking e.ect of thee lectric mo tord uring
re cuperation in overrunm odem aybe reduced or
ma ynotbe availabl eata ll inthef ollowing situa-
tions:
R when theh igh-voltag ebatter ychar gelevel
increases
R ifth eh igh-voltag ebatter yisn ot yetatan or-
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Comfort
R Com fortable driving st yle
R Balanc ebetwe en tractio nand stability
R Best balance between e1ciency and per form-
ance fora ll driving situations
R Recommended fora llro ad conditions
; Eco
R Economical setting of vehicle functions
R Balance between tractio nand stability
R Recommended fora llro ad conditions
R Restric tedp erform ance of thec limat econtrol
to increase ther ang e(/ pag e152)
In heating mode, thew indo wsmaym ist up
mor equickl y.
R Maximu mpermissible speed limited to
130 km/h
If yo ud epress thea ccelerator pedal be yond
th ep ressur epoint (kickdown), thel imit is
ra ised tothem aximum permissible speed.
R When ther out eoption Electric Intelligence is
switched on and routeg uidance is active, a ch
equered 0ag in thes peedome teri ndicates
th em aximum permissible speed recommen-
ded byactiv erang em onitoring .Itist he driv-
er's ownresponsibility tocompl ywitht hem in
order toreac ht he next scheduled charging
statio n. N N
oo t
tes on t
es on t he r
he roof load displ ay
oof load display Cer
tain driv eprograms and ESP ®
settings are
unsuitable fort ransporting aroof load.
If one of these driv eprograms is se torselected,
the W symbol is shown as awarning. When
th is symboliss hown,thes elected driv eprogram
is no tsuitable fort ransporting aload on ther oof.
The following driv eprograms ar ea.ected:
R Sport
Sport driveprogram
R Individual
Individual driveprogram wit hthe Spor tESP ®
setting
% The symbol is also shown in thef ollowing sit-
uations:
R Within thet hemes if acorresponding drive
prog ramiss aved Fo
rm orei nformation on themes see .
R Within ther ese tdispl ayifth ep revious ly
activ edrive prog ramisu nsuitable fort he
transpor tofaroof load
Fo rfurther information on ther ese tdis-
pla y,see (/ page169). Selecting t
Selecting t
he dr
he driv
ivepr
epr ogr
ogram
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