Well... the owners book explains those modes. The problem is that they are in different places and do not relate that to real life experience.
Of course max e drive only uses electric engine (with some exclusions like if the car needs 4wd or the temperature is very low). That’s the mode I’m using as standard when the car turns on because most of my daily routine allows to rely on electricity only.
Auto e drive tends to be better if you are on a long trip (by long I mean more than 50km) and you don’t want to care about when to use each modes. The car will choose the drive train mostly by the speed and the road inclination. Basically at any moment it compares the electric and petrol and turns on the one that will be more efficient.
Save mode will try to save as much electricity as possible so that you can arrive to a town with maximum range. I have only used it once or twice when I new I would be facing city traffic later and wanted to save energy for that.
Regarding to driving modes, I was familiar to those from my previous BMW, and was easy to cross them with the electric modes. It does change the throttle and gearbox response. Electronics mostly.
Green mode saves energy by using the higher gear possible if on petrol, and acceleration will be gentle. It also acts on the climate control, so it won’t spend too much energy. One particular thing you notice is that in this mode the car will coast automatically. It’s nice if you are on flat roads and let the car sail, but I realized that in little time you can make coasting by using the foot in the accelerator and then you have the advantage of recover some energy on stops. I now barely use this mode.
Sport mode is obvious if you don’t read forums, it will just make the car sportier! Suspension is harder, steering also, accelerator is highly responsive and the combustion engine kicks in constantly. Gears are also. Always one level down from what normal driving would be. That is a car prepared to react instantly and run fast. Of course that can lead to battery regeneration as the car has a lower gear and the combustion engine on all the time. But let’s remember that is a side effect, and if you check the onboard computer by the end of the trip you will see high fuel consumption and high electric consumption as it will kick both engines when you hit the pedal. Overall that mode should be only used to have fun and never mistaken with any type of savings. Ok, you’ll get 30% more battery than on green, but look how much fuel has gone!
Mid mode is a configuration for normal use, and an equilibrium of power and saving.
Nowadays I tend to use max edrive and mid with a bit, but now not conscientious pedal work (so it can regenerate when possible). When I know I’ll need battery longer than the initial range, just switch to auto edrive and run.
If I come home late, after a stressful day, roads empty already and only me on the car... I turn sports on and find myself smiling.
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Guess you mean the useful info from ampma
Cool, have fun!Thank you, that's the one. I can now do the test drive with a good idea what is going on.
