ELECTRIC VEHICLE: introduction (5/5)
Bad weather, flooded roads:
Driving
Noise
As with a vehicle fitted with an auto-
matic gearbox, you will have to get
used to not using your left foot, and not
using this foot to brake.
Electric vehicles are particularly quiet.
You will not yet necessarily be used to
it, and neither will other road users. It
is difficult for them to hear the vehicle
when it is moving.
Do not drive through floods
if the depth of water is
above the lower edge of
the wheel rims.
When driving, if you lift your foot off the
accelerator pedal or depress the brake
pedal, the motor generates electrical
current during deceleration, and this
energy is used to brake the vehicle and
recharge the traction battery ➥ 2.13.
As the motor is silent, you will hear
noises that you are not used to hearing
(aerodynamic noises, tyre noise, etc.).
Each time the ignition is switched off,
the ventilation will be switched off after
about ten seconds.
Special feature:
After a maximum charge of the battery
and during the first few miles of using
the vehicle, the engine brake will be
temporarily reduced. Please adapt your
driving style appropriately.
Obstructions to the driver
On the driver’s side, only
use mats suitable for the
vehicle, attached with the
pre-fitted components, and check
the fitting regularly. Do not lay one
mat on top of another.
Pedestrian horn
The pedestrian horn enables you to
warn others of your presence – espe-
cially pedestrians and cyclists.
When the engine is started, the pedes-
trian horn is activated automatically.
The sound is triggered when the vehi-
cle speed is between approximately 1
and 19 mph (1 and 30 km/h) ➥ 1.98.
There is a risk of wedging the
pedals.
Your electric vehicle is
silent. Before leaving it, with
your foot on the brake, stop
the engine.
The engine brake should
under no circumstances be
used as a substitute for the
brake pedal.
RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY.
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