Battery usage
Hold and Charge are available in all drive modes. The functions are cancelled if Pure drive mode is activated.
Hold
When Hold is activated, the charge in the hybrid battery is maintained and can instead be used at a later time, e.g. when driving in city traffic.
The car works as for normal hybrid operation with discharged battery where, in addition to re-using brake-generated energy, for example, the car starts the internal combustion engine more often in order to maintain the charge in the battery.
Charge
When Charge is activated, the hybrid battery is charged using the internal combustion engine in order to obtain increased electric drive at a later time.
Activating Hold or Charge
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In Hybrid drive mode, with battery usage set to Auto, smart energy distribution can be used by using Google Maps in order to drive the car as energy efficiently as possible for the whole mileage.