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200 V high voltage battery
The
200
V hi
g
h volta
g
e batter
y
cannot be
r
echar
g
ed from a mains suppl
y
.
The batter
y
is Ni-MH
(
Nickel Metal H
y
dride
)
a
nd is located below the boot floor
,
close to the
elec
tr
ic
m
o
t
o
r.
Char
g
in
g
The batter
y
is char
g
ed when the vehicle
decelerates, the electric motor then becomes
a
g
enerator and converts kinetic ener
gy
into
e
lectrical ener
gy
(
except if the speed of the
vehicle is above 70 mph
(
120 km
/
h
))
.
The batter
y
is not rechar
g
ed
f
rom a mains
supp
ly
.
The battery may also be charged automatically
when required b
y
the
S
top
&
S
tart s
y
stem o
f
the Diesel en
g
ine.
This recover
y
allows the use of "free" ener
gy
.
The batter
y
char
g
in
g
time is ver
y
short and is
co
nt
i
n
uous
.
A
dischar
g
ed batter
y
(
followin
g
ZEV runnin
g
or
h
i
g
h load,
f
or example
)
will quickl
y
return to a
s
tate of char
g
e sufficient for full operation of the
di
ff
erent h
y
brid modes.
Th
e
c
har
g
in
g
takes place automaticall
y
when drivin
g
.
The ener
gy
recover
y
can be faster durin
g
dece
l
e
r
a
ti
o
n.
The avera
g
e state o
f
char
g
e is 4 to 5 bars, so
p
reservin
g
a mar
g
in for ener
gy
recover
y
when
deceleration o
f
g
oin
g
downhill
(f
ree ener
gy)
.
To preserve the service life of the
batter
y
, the level o
f
char
g
e never
f
alls
below 20 %, even if a level of 0 bars is
displa
y
ed a
f
ter ZEV runnin
g
.
Where the batter
y
is close to maximum,
vehicle deceleration with your
f
oot o
ff
the accelerator pedal will be at a lowe
r
le
v
e
l.
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