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Electric Vehicle
An electric vehicle is driven using a 
battery and an electric motor. While
general vehicles use an internal
combustion engine and gasoline as
fuel, electric vehicles use electricalenergy that is charged inside the
high voltage battery. As a result,
electric vehicles are eco-friendly in
that they do not require fuel and do
not emit exhaust gases.
Characteristics of Electric 
Vehicles
1. It is driven using the electricalenergy that is charged inside the 
high voltage battery. This method
prevents air pollution since fuel,
like gasoline, is not required,
negating the emission of exhaust
gases.
2. A high performance motor is used in the vehicle as well. Compared
to standard, internal combustion
engine vehicles, engine noise and
vibrations are much more minimal
when driving.
3. When decelerating or driving downhill, regenerative braking is
utilized to charge the high voltage
battery. This minimizes energyloss and increases the distance to
empty.
4.When the battery charge is not suf- ficient, AC charge, DC charge and
trickle charge are available. (Refer
to “Charge Types for Electric
Vehicle” for details.) Information 
What does regenerative braking do?  
It uses the electric motor when decel- 
erating or braking which transforms
vehicle motion (kinetic energy) to elec-
trical energy to charge the high volt-
age batteries. (Torque is applied in the
opposite direction when decelerating
to generate braking force and electric
energy.)
Battery Information
 The vehicle is composed of a high voltage battery that drives the 
motor and air-conditioner, and an
auxiliary battery (12 V) that drives
the lamps, wipers, and audio sys-tem.
 The auxiliary battery is automati- cally charged when the vehicle is in
the ready ( ) mode or the high
voltage battery is being charged.
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Charging Status
When charging the high voltage bat- 
tery, the charge level can be checked
from outside the vehicle.
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Operation of Charging Indicator LampDetails(1)(2)(3)
  (OFF)  (OFF) (OFF)Not Charged
Blink  (OFF) (OFF)
Charging
0~33%
 (ON)Blink  (OFF)34~66%
 (ON) (ON)Blink67~99%
 (ON) (ON) (ON)Fully charged (100%)(turns OFF in 5 seconds)
BlinkBlinkBlinkError while charging
  (OFF)  (OFF)BlinkCharging 12 V auxiliary battery or scheduled air condi- 
tioner is operating
 (OFF)Blink (OFF)
- Reserved charging is operating (turns OFF after 3
minutes) 
- Charging is temporarily interrupted(e.g. power failure)