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Avoid unnecessary acceleration and braking.
By maintaining a suitable distance to the vehi‐
cle driving ahead of you.
Avoid high engine speeds
Driving at low engine speeds lowers fuel con‐
sumption and reduces wear.
Use coasting conditions
When approaching a red light, take your foot
off the accelerator and let the vehicle coast to a
halt.
For going downhill take your foot off the accel‐
erator and let the vehicle roll.
The flow of fuel is interrupted while coasting.
Switch off the engine
during longer stops
Switch off the engine during longer stops, for
instance at traffic lights, railroad crossings or in
traffic congestion.
Switch off any functions
that are not currently
needed
Functions such as seat heating and the rear
window defroster require a lot of energy and
consume additional fuel, especially in city and
stop-and-go traffic.
Switch off these functions if they are not
needed.
Have maintenance car‐
ried out
Have the vehicle maintained regularly to ach‐
ieve optimal vehicle efficiency and service life.
MINI recommends that maintenance work be
performed by a MINI service center.
Also note the MINI maintenance systems, refer
to page 255.
Using the hybrid system
efficiently
Concept
The vehicle's hybrid system runs automatically.
Through foresighted driving, the hybrid proper‐
ties are efficiently used, i.e., fuel consumption
and energy recovery are optimized.
Optimizing energy recovery
Types of energy recovery
Energy recovery is used to charge the high-
voltage battery. Energy recovery is important
for the supply of electrical components and
thus a prerequisite for fuel efficiency. Energy
recovery appears in three stages during coast‐
ing and braking:
▷ Low energy recovery: while coasting to a
halt without stepping on the brake.
▷ Average energy recovery: while decelerat‐
ing slightly by gently pressing the brake
pedal.
▷ Maximum energy recovery: when pressing
the brake pedal somewhat more firmly pro‐
vided that the pointer remains in the mid‐
dle area of the CHARGE indicator in the in‐
strument cluster, refer to page 111.
Optimum energy recovery
Foresighted driving and decelerating helps with
optimizing energy recovery.
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