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BMW eDRIVE
Vehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and optional features offered with the
series. It also describes features that are not
necessarily available in your vehicle, e. g., due
to the selected options or country versions.
This also applies to safety-related functions
and systems. When using these functions and
systems, the applicable laws and regulations
must be observed.
Hybrid system
Concept
This BMW is a hybrid vehicle. In addition to the
combustion engine, the vehicle features a
high-voltage system that consists of an elec‐
tric motor and a high-voltage battery among
other things.
The hybrid system can move the vehicle purely
electrically. It can also support the combustion
engine in certain situations.
General information
The vehicle does not consume any fuel while
driving purely electrically. This enables envi‐
ronmentally friendly driving without emissions
in inner-city traffic. If the combustion engine is
used, the hybrid system support reduces fuel
consumption even further.
In addition to this, the electric motor acts like
an alternator: during braking and coasting, the
electric motor converts the vehicle's kinetic
energy into electricity. The current is stored in
the high-voltage battery and is used to drive
the electric motor.
The vehicle can be charged, refer to page 276,
via the charging socket at charging stations or
household sockets.
Overview
1 Combustion engine
2 Power electronics
3 Electric motor
4 High-voltage cables: orange
5 Auxiliary battery, combustion engine
6 High-voltage battery
7 Charging control unit
8 Charging socket
Functions while driving
Electric driving: ePOWER
Under certain conditions, refer to page 111,
the vehicle is powered only by the electric mo‐
tor.
Assistance from the electric motor
Driving off and accelerating require a lot of en‐
ergy.
To optimize acceleration and to reduce fuel
consumption, the electric motor boosts the
combustion engine, refer to page 114. To do
this, the electric motor uses the energy saved
in the high-voltage battery.
Driving with the combustion engine:
POWER
The combustion engine, refer to page 114,
provides the main drive power to move the ve‐
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