Selecting the operating mode
Button
:
allows you to choose between differ-
ent operating modes.
X
Press button
:
to change the operating
mode.
The operating mode selected appears in the
instrument cluster (
Y
page 261).
If it is not possible to change operating
modes, the display message
Change the
Change the
current drive program before chang‐
current drive program before chang‐
ing
ing the
the operating
operating mode
mode
or
Exit
Exit manual
manual
drive
drive program
program MM before
before changing
changing the
the
operating mode
operating mode
appears in the multifunc-
tion display. Further information on "Display
messages" (
Y
page 320).
:
Operating mode selected
;
Operating mode unavailable
=
Operating mode available
HYBRID
R
Electric operation mode
or driving with the inter-
nal combustion engine is
possible
R
Automatic selection of
drive mode with electric
operation mode as often
as possible
R
The high-voltage battery
is discharged to approx-
imately 15%
R
To subsequently main-
tain the charge status of
the high-voltage battery,
the electric output is
reduced. All vehicle func-
tions such as electric
operation mode, energy
recuperation or boost
mode, for example, are
still available
E-MODE
R
Purely electric operation
until the performance
limit of the electric motor
is reached
E-SAVE
R
Electric operation mode
or driving with the inter-
nal combustion engine is
possible
R
Automatic selection of
drive mode with electric
operation mode as often
as possible
R
The current charge status
of the high-voltage bat-
tery is maintained so the
electrical energy can be
used at a later time
CHARGE
R
Electric operation mode
is not possible
R
Charging the high-volt-
age battery while driving
using the combustion
engine
In the Sport drive program (
Y
page 267) and
during manual gearshifting (
Y
page 267), only
the HYBRID operating mode is available.
If you switch from the Sport drive program to
the Comfort drive program, the HYBRID oper-
ating mode remains selected.
262
Plug-in hybrid operation
Driving
and
parking