For efficient use of your
vehicle
Drive your vehicle with a smooth accel-
eration and deceleration.
When parking, be sure to put the hy-
brid transaxle in “P”. While driving, use
the hybrid transaxle in “D”.
INFORMATION:
The gasoline engine starts and stops
automatically. (It stops during
load driving, deceleration or when the
vehicle is stopped.)
ꢀ While driving, energy is recovered
through the regenerative brake as the
vehicle decelerates. However, for more
efficient use, do not accelerate or de-
celerate your vehicle more than neces-
sary.
a
low
ꢀ In “N”, the gasoline engine operates
but electricity cannot be generated. The
battery will be discharged requiring un-
necessary engine power to recharge.
If the “READY” light remains on, you
can start your vehicle using the electric
motor even with the gasoline engine
stopped.
ꢀ The hybrid system automatically re-
charges the hybrid battery when the
remaining battery power is reduced.
However, the charging is not available
if the hybrid transaxle is “N”.
ꢀ Avoid abrupt acceleration and decelera-
tion.
The gasoline engine may not stop auto-
matically in the following conditions:
ꢀ The remaining capacity of the hybrid
battery can be confirmed on the energy
monitor screen of the multi−information
display. See “Information” on page 166
for details. Gradual or non−abrupt ac-
celeration or deceleration will more ef-
fectively use the benefits of an electric
motor without having to use gasoline
engine power.
z During gasoline engine warm−up
z During hybrid battery charging
z During low or high hybrid battery
temperature
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