Driving
the extent possible, the vehicle's combustion
engine is not used.
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:
Operating mode selection
In hybrid operating mode, the power from the
battery charge is used optimally. If route
guidance is activated, the vehicle may auton-
omously recharge the high-voltage battery
using the combustion engine.
3 Valid for: hybrid vehicles
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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).
Manual control of the battery charge
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The high voltage battery temperature is
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 switch-
ed 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 220.
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Press the function button and use the sym-
Press button on the control panel of the
bols , and to control the battery charge:
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The combustion engine starts when a kick-
down occurs in E-MODE. However, E-MODE
remains activated.
upper centre console.
Pressing this symbol selects a higher
theoretical charge level. The vehicle
tries to reach that new theoretical high-
voltage battery charge level while driv-
ing. The vehicle is powered by the com-
bustion engine. If the combustion engine
has “excess” power, it is used to charge
the high-voltage battery. This option in-
creases fuel consumption. SEAT there-
fore recommends using the charging
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Press the E-Mode or Hybrid function but-
ton in the infotainment system.
Hybrid (use the battery's charge)1)
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 pur-
pose, with active directions the navigation
data are also accessed.
In the E-MODE electric driving mode, the ve-
hicle basically drives in electric only mode. To
1)
The displayed symbol varies depending on the
active operating mode and the charge level of
the high-voltage battery.
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