&
WARNING Risk of accident if ECO Assist
does not provide sufficient deceleration
ECO Assist only brakes your vehicle when you
take your foot off the gas pedal. If vehicles are
detected late, e.g. after tight curves, or if you
do not react immediately to the ECO Assist
display, the deceleration may not be sufficient.
#
React promptly to the ECO Assist recom-
mendation and take your foot off the gas
pedal.
#
Adjust your speed to the driving condi-
tions and maintain a suitable distance
from the vehicle in front.
#
Brake the vehicle yourself and/or take
evasive action.
ECO Assist is active only in
h
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(
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page 203).
Depending on the vehicle's equipment, ECO
Assist analyses data for the vehicle's expected
route. This allows the system to optimally adjust
the driving style for the route ahead, use minimal
energy and recuperate as much as possible. If the
system has detected an event ahead or a vehicle
in front and the vehicle is approaching the event,
ECO Assist will calculate an optimised speed pro-
file based on the distance, speed and available
route information.
If you release the accelerator pedal in this case,
intelligent recuperation will start in overrun mode.
If ECO Assist has detected a vehicle travelling in
front or a stationary vehicle ahead, it can brake
your vehicle to a standstill. This may be the case,
for example, at the end of a traffic jam or if the
detected vehicle ahead stops in front of you.
If the deceleration provided by ECO Assist is not
sufficient, you must also brake with the service
brake. This applies in particular if, for example,
you pull back into traffic and the distance to the
vehicle in front is very short.
Depending on the vehicle equipment and at low
speeds, e.g. in a multi-storey car park or on play
streets, no adjustment is made for stationary
vehicles and therefore there is no display.
1
"Foot off the accelerator" recommendation
2
Route event ahead
%
ECO Assist can also be shown on the head-up
display.
If a route event that requires an adjustment of
your driving style is detected ahead, correspond-
ing symbol
2
and the
ý
symbol (grey) will be
displayed.
If you release the accelerator pedal, the
ý
symbol will turn green and recuperation in over-
run mode will be initiated. If the deceleration is
not sufficient, also apply the service brake.
204 Driving and parking
Summary of Contents for EQS 350
Page 9: ...Left hand drive vehicles with central display 6 At a glance Cockpit central display...
Page 11: ...Left hand drive vehicles with MBUX hyperscreen 8 At a glance Cockpit MBUX Hyperscreen...
Page 13: ...Standard driver s display 10 At a glance Indicator and warning lamps standard...
Page 17: ...14 At a glance Overhead control panel...
Page 19: ...16 At a glance Door operating unit and seat adjustment...
Page 21: ...18 At a glance Control settings in the rear passenger compartment...
