Start and driving
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Vehicle sound: Fault! Pedestrians can-
not hear the vehicle. Visit a workshop
Press button on the control panel of the
The combustion engine starts when a kick-
down occurs in E-MODE. However, E-MODE
remains activated.
upper centre console.
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Press the E-Mode or Hybrid function but-
The warning lamp lights up yellow.
ton in the infotainment system.
Hybrid (use the battery's charge)1)
There is a vehicle sound fault. Drive with ut-
most care, as other road users may not be
able to hear the electric vehicle. Go immedi-
ately to a specialised workshop to have the
fault repaired.
Further information about the operating
mode can be found in .
This is the operating mode that allows you to
save most fuel.
E-MODE (electric driving)1)
The operating mode control unit tries to
make the most of the battery charge. For this
purpose, with active directions the naviga-
tion data are also accessed.
In the E-MODE electric driving mode, the ve-
hicle basically drives in electric only mode.
To the extent possible, the vehicle's com-
bustion engine is not used.
Operating mode selection
In this operating mode, the electric motor
and the combustion engine share the work
of driving the vehicle.
Operating mode selection
All of the following conditions must be met
for E-MODE to be activated:
3 Valid for: hybrid vehicles
In hybrid operating mode, the power from
the battery charge is used optimally. If route
guidance is activated, the vehicle may au-
tonomously recharge the high-voltage bat-
tery using the combustion engine.
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The high voltage battery has a sufficient
charge level.
The vehicle has different operating modes
so that it can always be optimally adjusted to
every situation while driving. Once the drive
system has been turned on, and provided
that all of the operating conditions required
for this purpose have been met, the E-
MODE operating mode is always activated in
the first instance for electric driving.
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The vehicle speed is lower than 130 km/h
(80 mph).
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The high voltage battery temperature is
Manual control of the battery charge
above -10°C.
Manual control of the battery charge is only
possible in Hybrid operating mode. The op-
tion selected by the user is only valid until the
ignition is switched off or the vehicle is
switched to Hybrid mode or E-MODE.
If, while driving in E-MODE mode, the neces-
sary conditions are no longer met, the com-
bustion engine starts and electric driving is
suspended. In this case, the display lights
up on the instrument cluster display.
Operating mode selection
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Switch on the drive system page 211 .
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1)
The displayed symbol varies depending on the
active operating mode and the charge level of
the high-voltage battery.
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