What is DYNAMIC SELECT? | Plug in Hybrids
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- Ever wondered what the words DYNAMIC SELECT mean on your centre console or dashboard? This video covers it all with this video focusing on Plug-in Hybrid models.
If you own a petrol or diesel model or even or an All-Electric model like an EQA, DYNAMIC SELECT will differ slightly so see the below videos for info on how they work:
Petrol & Diesel:
• What is DYNAMIC SELECT...
All-Electric Vehicle:
• What is DYNAMIC SELECT...
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Locating Dynamic Select
1:18 Comfort
1:51 Electric
2:34 Battery Level
3:28 Eco
4:06 Sport
4:37 Individual
4:08 Dynamic Select on NTG 5.5 COMAND
7:41 Brake Recuperation
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This is so clearly explained and demonstrated. Fantastic stuff. I've been binge watching Nick's productions.
Thanks Barry! 😎
Glad you’re on a binge! How many have you watched? 😅
@@npoleary Most of them, but with so much information I need to watch them again for a refresher !
Nick, your videos are brilliant! Picked up a GLA 250e yesterday so I will have to watch everyone of your videos! Thanks Mike H.
Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying them!
These videos are so well delivered and informative. Nick needs a slot presenting the evening news on a major TV channel!
Haha thanks Athena! Oh I don’t know about that!
Hi Nick, thanks for the new update. Good vlog like always thanks 🙏
Thank you Jag! 😇
Glad you enjoyed it!
Always so helpful. Thanks Nick!
Thanks Mr. Rick! Glad you liked it! 🤓
Thanks Nick. Another great video mate 😀
Thanks Daz! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for another interesting and informative video Nick 👌
Thanks Mark! Glad you enjoyed it! 👊🏼
Now I can enjoy my GLA 250e even more :-) Thanks Nick
No problem Anders!
Brilliant!
Hi Nick
Picked up my new 1st Mercedes GLC300de and already using your advice and tips, even the Edinburgh east garage mentioned your videos when we were chatting. Will be trying the D auto in electric mode next. Thank you great advice.
Ah awesome! Thanks Stoorie65 MOT! Glad you’re loving the videos! 🤓 🙏
Another professional job well done Nick👍 You’ve obviously done your homework. As you know I don’t have electric yet, so if even I found this very interesting and educational, then all hybrid users should be most thankful for your passionate efforts. I vote for your dealership MD to authorise you a well overdue rise. even though this is done in your time.😉🇬🇧🇲🇹
Awh thanks Joseph! Glad you enjoyed the video! Plug-in hybrids are great! I’d love one myself to be honest for my next one!
@josephbuhagiar6532 +1
I'm a young guy. I grew up with tech.
I never thought that I'd have so many questions regardiing the features of my new e class.
you videos are so well made and in-depth that they answered all of my qustions. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Awh awesome thank you! Glad you’re loving the videos! I’ll keep em coming! 🤓
@@npoleary thanks for the info - however I didn't see any option to charge the battery while driving. Does this option exist?
@bigvwfan ah I mentioned in the video older hybrids offer that but trust me, you don’t want to do that even if it available.
It’ll knock off about 15 to 20 MPG while it charges from the engine.
Fuel is a very expensive way to charge a car, you’re better off charging it with electricity directly
@@npoleary After I'd posted the question I noticed you covered this, but I left it there in case you had anything further to add.
I appreciate the comment about increased fuel consumption but there are situations where it might be helpful. I'm on a long journey, my battery is low and I'm approaching a city centre where I'd like to use the battery only option. Charging enroute is something my Golf GTE offers and doesn't impact the consumption that much.
All that aside, I do like your videos and attention to detail. Sometimes you seem a tad nervous but it doesn't seem to impact your clarity.
Keep up the good work 😄
im so glad for this video your are making a god information, and all the other videos your making. ( new Mercedes c300de owner)
Thank you! 🤓🙏
I just picked up my 2022 cla250e hybrid the dynamic select is different now there’s only sport electric and comfort. Good explanation.
Hi Nick, thanks for this - I've got a lot to learn. My new GLA250e was delivered today. Some similarities with the A200 that I had but a lot of new things. ECO in the A200 was great, hopefully it will be in the GLA too. Really enjoy your videos.
Oh awesome! New car day!
Thank you! Glad you enjoy the videos!
How did you break yours in? I’ve got a A250e but most of the mileage has been on the battery. I’ve been trying to leave in battery hold to try and use the ICE without using sport mode. The other option would be to drain the battery but I didn’t think it would be good for the battery 😅
I could of done with this video 6 months ago. Only last week I worked out how to drive in non electric and only engine mode.
Oh no Kez! Ah well at least you know now!🤓
Thanks. Next week I'm going to drive home my first Mercedes, a new A250e, so this is very useful.
Ah awesome Mauro!
Same here... well, mine is due to arrive in late September. I do find these videos very useful as it will be my first Mercedes.
Thanks moyah8!
@@moyah8 Any delay because of chip shortage ? Lots of postponed orders here in Italy.
@@MauroC74 I have not heard any... according to the dealers, its still on track for late September 2021
Thanks
Great video. A few follow up questions and a comment re my A250e which I’ve had less than a week 1. When in EL does D+ increase or reduce the regen? Manual suggests you increase the regen using the D- 2. What does DAuto actually do? 3. Following the advice of the fb group I’ve put it in Eco and set the sat nav and the car does regen automatically using the speed limits and I don’t have the Eco assist package. By the way I have found your videos invaluable when learning how to drive all over again!
Hey NicholasKinne,
Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying them!
1) D+ has no brake recuperation, but D, D- will brake more when lifting off of the accelerator
2) DAuto is the car scanning ahead and adjusting automatically, so if you approach a car quickly it’ll apply regen to slow you down.
3) Ah that’s good! Loads of tips and tricks and different ways to drive with a plug-in hybrid!
Thank you for the quick and helpful response - all is clear now. Might be scope for another video on the PHEVs especially how to use the sat nav to help the car work out what the do to maximise range. The fb group says if you are on a return trip you set home as your final destination and your destination as the stopover so the car sees the whole journey. I assume that is correct?
No worries!
You can do, the more info you feed into the car, the more it can optimise the route. You don’t have to have the voice readouts on though, you can have it silent 🤓
Yes thank you again - the only slight wrinkle I’ve found is if your sat nav entry for your intermediate destination does not exactly correspond to where are physically located when you arrive - the car then thinks you’ve not been to that destination and keeps trying to take you back there rather than your final destination.
Good morning Nick, always great informative videos.
I picked up a new CLA 250e P+ Shooting Brake on Tuesday.
I was just wondering if there is a way to set charge times, so that the car is 100% charged ready for when I need it.
I thought I’d figured it out, but the car seems to just charge to full from being plugged in, and only the preheat/AC triggers for the schedules I have set. So the car tends to be fully charged unnecessarily overnight.
Thanks in advance
Hey The Frag81, ooo very nice! Yes you’re right, all Mercedes will do this. Upon plug-in it will start charging instantly so there’s no way to control when it charges. It’ll just take power when it’s connected.
Great video Nick, I have a question regarding regeneration braking I thought when you brake the battery would charge Ive got GLC 300de once I’ve used up the battery it never charges up? Is there a setting that I have to do or I have take to the garage to have look at ?
Thank you!
Hey Devil Gu, yes it does use brake recuperation but brake recuperation only recuperates a small amount of the power used.
As it’s a plug-in hybrid, you’d still need to plug it in to charge up.
Thank you for the explanation.
Which one of these modes is more suitable for bad weather conditions?
(Driving a 300ed 4 Matic)
Eco 🤓
It reduces the power available so is better for driving in wet / cold and icy conditions
Hello Nick, thank you for your video. I was wondering: is it possible to adjust the settings in "Individual" in such a way that I can use the steering wheel paddles to adjust the brake recuperation? Or is this only possible on "Electric"?
Hey GameStach, no problem! Glad you enjoyed the video!
No sadly to operate brake recuperation modes, it needs to be in the EL mode on Dynamic Select. You could made an individual mode with EL but EL still needs to be selected when you customise it
Hope that makes sense!
@@npoleary It does! Thank you :)
Hi Nick . Thank you for yet another awesome video. I own a MB GLC 300e plugin hybrid ( petrol electric ) in Germany. Is there a way to configure the car to start always in "Individual" mode by default... or any other mode for that matter? . My car always starts in Comfort mode and Everytime I have to select the Eco or Individual mode manually. Any information regarding this will be of great help :) .
Hey Vishwanath, thank you! Glad you loved the video!
No sadly due to emission regulations, all cars have to start in their default mode which in Mercedes is Comfort.
You can usually change it pretty quickly after switching it on though 🤓
Great videos and well explained Nick. I'm new to Mercedes and a lot to learn. I tried driving in Battery mode on my 2022 GLC300e ( PHEV)but still my battery runs out before switching to Petrol engine. Any idea?
Hey BThomas, thank you!
Battery Level will try and keep the battery where it is, it has a higher priority to keep the battery level where it is. But due driving conditions and characteristics it may still go down over time but it shouldn’t go down as fast.
Great video as always Nick. I've got 2 questions, 1. Selecting Battery Level seems to reduce heating/cooling output - is this normal behaviour? Also, what does the "Electric in City" option do?
I believe so! Although I’ve not owned one or driven one long term but it would make sense as it tries where possible to preserve the battery level so would probably limit the auxiliary heater too.
When the Sat Nav is in use, Electric in the City will attempt to use Electric on the City based on the Sat Nav GPS location.
@@npoleary Brilliant thanks Nick. Your videos are always fantastic - they really give an insight for us looking to find out more about the Mercedes brand and models than you can get by spending just an hour or so in the showroom.
Is there a rule of thumb for which driving modes are required for which roads/conditions? Would love to see a video on this
I can add it to the list of potential future videos!
But basically it depends on the car for a start (petrol / diesel / hybrid / electric)
If it’s a hybrid 90% of the time just leave it in hybrid and charge it when you can (it’s cheaper when running on electric)
The other times, you may want to save the battery for somewhen else or you may need to use sport mode to overtake someone or you may want the best range on electric, that’s when you can toggle the Dynamic Select button .
hi nick, thanks for your very useful videos; I own an A250e, in the Eco, Confort and BL modes, the "ECO Assist" system is always active, in Italy the speed limits are very messy, the result is that the car brakes continuously, it is not pleasant to drive. Can Eco Assist be disabled? thank you very much!
Hey Giuseppe, I’ve only known the Eco assist to recoup power when using the EL mode and your paddles are selected to D AUTO. If you select anything else then it should disable this
Nice vids, they help a lot 👌
I have one question about my a250e. When i drive a couple of miles full Electric but i want to overtake a car or something. I put it on sport and the engine revs. Isn't it harmfull for the engine? Because it's cold and suddenly it go high in revs?
Hi Kevin, ah yes heard this one before. Yes you’re absolutely right you shouldn’t “race” cold engines but all moderns cars including hybrids have soft limiters so the car physically won’t give you full power until normal engine temperature has been reached.
Hope that answers your question!
@@npoleary thanks for the answer 👌
No problem! 🤓
If I owned a PHEV, I would find this video invaluable, although you could perhaps do a follow up video of "how to get the best out of your Mercedes PHEV". There are a lot of different interacting features here, and it seems to me that driving to get the best economy and most efficient use of the battery is quite complex in differing traffic conditions. Even with a full EV (we have an EQC) we are realising there is a lot you can do to optimise driving and economy by varying the car's settings throughout a journey.
Aha thanks Laurie Miles!
Actually I have covered that topic loosely already 👀
10 Tips & Tricks to maximise your range on electric
th-cam.com/video/J2GM83dtbes/w-d-xo.html
&
What is your Eco Display on your Mercedes?
th-cam.com/video/CxDgVQ3v9NE/w-d-xo.html
I will be covering Dynamic Select on EV’s in the future when I get the chance too!
@@npoleary I was specifically thinking of a PHEV journey. What settings should you set, and change at which stage, on a journey around town? On a medium distance round trip, with a charger at home? What about a long one way journey, ending in a city and at a destination charger? Should you use chargers on the route on a long journey?
What is the most efficient way to drive in these circumstances (without turning off all aircon and tailgating a truck the whole way!)?
If I was picking up a PHEV today, I doubt most dealerships would give (or have the time/ability) more than vague guidance on these issues. I have never seen an article or video anywhere giving good information about this for PHEVs.
Thanks Laurie! Added to the list of suggestions for future content!
Best video I was looking for, thanks a lot! Which mode is best for driving in London as an Uber driver? I have a 2021 E300e plug-in hybrid. Please let me know all your suggestions. Thanks a lot. 🙏
Ah awesome! Thank you!
In most plug-in hybrids just keep it in its default mode. It’ll do the rest. But…if you want to override it for any reason, for example you’re dropping someone off at night and want to remain quiet, you can change it to electric only. Or maybe you want to save the electric for another point in the journey change to the battery save mode or battery level (can’t remember the exact name (might be E-Save too). Sorry it’s been a while since I sat in one of these! 😅 wish I had one though!
@npoleary thanks, this is what I do now, BTW. It's called Battery level now; before, it was e-save mode, thanks.
Ah nice and it sure is, this video we’re commenting on is a few years old, I have a newer one I filmed a few weeks ago here when I had one of Mercedes-Benz’s newer hybrids
Mercedes Plug-in Hybrid Modes EXPLAINED!
th-cam.com/video/qqgCw77xW6E/w-d-xo.html
Nice one :) curious though, can I change my regen braking on a 2017 c350e or is it just at one level ?
Hi Darren, honestly I can’t remember as that specific model isn’t available anymore.
I don’t think you can but in the electric mode you can check by going adjust the “gears” when in the electric only mode. This is how you do it in the modern ones, it’ll allow several different settings of brake recuperation
@@npoleary thank you, I’ll try that tomorrow :)
Great video, thanks! I have the GLC300de. I have a question for a long time and would be gratefull if you'd help me to figure it out. In all modes (except sport), when the engine is on and I take my feet off the accelarator, the engine will turn off, and back on when i accelareate again. This means that in a long journey the motor turns off and on several times. Isn't this harmful to the motor? thanks in advance
Hey Francisco,
Great question but no not at all! All plug-in hybrids don’t really have a starter motor. It’s started using the hybrid system which is why it’s almost undetectable.
Don’t worry they’re designed to do this 🤓
@@npoleary thanks!
Do you also have a video where you explain the driving modes for the a250e facelift?
Yes, it was filmed in a GLE but it should have the same modes as its got the same multimedia system. Only posted it a few weeks ago
th-cam.com/video/qqgCw77xW6E/w-d-xo.htmlsi=7Bm_vHeuKHQDDFdV
Isn't there a combination of both? On a highway? GLE 2022, by the book, it has 4L/100km consumption. Which mean there is a mode where its using the engine as primary and the battery as secondary to supliment the engine request, to get that 4L/100km consumption. Which mode is that?
I noticed Confort on highway isn't the way, it will consume all battery if you drive around 100km/h . I use sport mode to get that equilibrium and get my consumption down, or near 4.
Do you have some information on this topic?
Hey George, no sadly there isn’t a mode on both unless you use Sport mode. It’s just the Dynamic Select modes shown in the video 🤓
Also it’s a tricky one to work out because it depends on the journey you do. So for example, if you drove 2 miles up the road, went into the shops then drove back and the engine didn’t switch on, you will have achieved 999+ miles per gallon / unlimited litres per km, because you haven’t used any gallons of fuel, just electric.
Another example, same trip but if you accelerated hard at the lights just once, then drove normally for the rest of it, then your MPG might be around 300-400 MPG because it averaged out on electric for most of it.
And the final example, same trip again but this time you drove there on electric and then drove back with the engine on “Battery Level” (this mode uses the engine) then your MPG might be around the 100-200 MPG mark.
Miles per gallon is very tricky to work out on hybrids because there is another source of power pushing you around which throws off stats. MPG is used to measure how much fuel we use, where as electric is measured in MPkWh (miles per kWh)
This is why that figure seems high on short journeys but less on longer journeys. Of course the more you run on electric and plug it in, the better your MPG will be but with a plug-in hybrid you don’t have to to complete a journey.
Hi Nick, once again another great video. You might remember that I ordered an A class A200 Amg Line Premium in April and I was told that production would start in June and I would receive the car in July.
Well this week due to the chip shortage I have been told that I will now have to wait until quarter 4. Its a big shame as I was really looking forward to getting this car for the summer but now I will have to wait even longer.
Do you know anything about this?
Hey Crispy,
Yes unfortunately there is a shortage of cars in general at the moment and this isn’t just Mercedes, this is across all brands and manufacturers. There’s been a surge of purchases since the UK lockdown has lifted too with everyone wanting cars.
At least your order’s in, you’ll get it as soon as they physically can!
@@npoleary thanks for the reply Nick,
I guess good things come to those who wait!
I'm just jealous everytime I see an A class while driving lol.
I currently have a Honda Civic 18 plate with Motability which I'll keep until I get the new car anyway so not all bad I guess
Crispy this happened to me last year my CLA was due to be delivered March 2020 and then lockdown happened. I got my car the last week of Sept 2020 so I feel your pain! I had no car because I thought my new car was coming last March I gave back my old car the week before the new one was due only to be told it wasn’t coming 😅 hang in there it’s worth the wait!!
@@leahc62 shame that is. Like I always say good things come to those who wait! Plus I'm a bit more lucky as thankfully I keep this car until I get the new car.
Charge mood is quick to charge and what I do with my e350e 2018 I do charge and you get 10 miles then switch to e mood and use it and keep switching always and it's not bad at all.
Hi Nick, I hope you’re well. Quick question regarding EV range of PHEVs… I just had 45 miles showing on the dial of my CLA250e. Which is 1 mile over the maximum range advertised. Is there a maximum potential range you can expect first thing in the morning? Or does no one really know how far these cars will go in the real world…
Hi Dharmin,
All cars in the UK undergo WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure) which in English is a realistic figure for range…..”in ideal conditions”.
And those conditions are done at a strict 23°C, with a range of eco styled driving from 30mph to 50mph. This enables all manufacturers to offer a fair comparison between each other.
Of course if it’s -5°C, then your range will take a hit up to 30% to 40%. A similar thing for motorway speeds, if you travel at very high speeds, the range will be less.
It is possible to get more than advertised but you’ll need to be driving at an almost steady pace without stopping. Try to keep at the 30mph to 50mph and avoid traffic and you can do it! I’ve done it before! 🤓
@@npoleary I’ll try to keep aiming for 45 then 🤣
I notice the car always starts in comfort mode, is there any way that can be changed? The car doesn’t seem to remember the last mode of driving.
Hey Tom, yes that’s right it’ll always start in it’s default mode which is Comfort in Mercedes. All manufacturers have to do this now, just like default to Start/Stop is on, as well as the parking sensors revert to on as well (in case you turned them off).
Hi Nick we had aA250e brand new September 3rd since then our range keeps going down from 33 to just 16
This morning we do short drives how can we improve our range my local garage have had look at it twice found nothing wrong
Could you suggest what we should do
Hey Terry, did your garage not explain? This is what happens with driving electric in cold weather. This will always happen on All-Electric or Plug-in hybrids because you’re more likely to be using heating.
Lithium-ion batteries perform worse in the cold, the same thing would happen to your phone if left outside exposed to the elements.
I produced a video on the things you can to help, one of which is Pre-Entry Clive Control prior to leaving as for one it’ll pre-condition the battery and it’ll pre-heat the interior too.
th-cam.com/video/J2GM83dtbes/w-d-xo.html
When the warmer weather rolls round, the range will go back up as the figure shown on cars is adaptive 🤓
Hey Nick. I’ve got an A250e and when I drive in Electric mode, if I want to deactivate the ESP, it changes the driving mode to Comfort automatically. Yes I know, I’m not supposed to ever deactivate ESP unless I’m in very specific driving situation / condition, but would you be so king to make me understand why ESP can’t be deactivated in EL driving mode?
Thanks a lot. You are a legend.
Haha thanks Alex 🤓
Honestly I’ve never tried it, I would imagine that it is probably because the electric motor would provide a lot of torque so it would be incredibly easy to spin the wheels.
By the engine and electric motor, it’s probably reduced / managed better than the electric motor on it’s own.
This makes sense, thank you 🙂
Hi nick yet another great video, I have a question was wondering if you could help.....
I like driving in electric mode for short distances, once I switch off and restart the car again it jumps to comfort instead of staying on electric.... whys this happening, would really appreciate it if you could explain. Many thanks
Sadly the default mode is always Comfort on all car manufacturers. Cars always have to start in their default mode, you can of course change it when it’s switched on 🤓
@@npoleary thankyou for your reply nick 😃
Hi nick. I just got a company car cla250e. I got to pay my electricity and I realize that using the electric mode will cost me more than to drive the car only with petrol. Yes with 16.5kw for 100km it's not worth it. Even with my solar panels it will not fill the gap.
Hey Eric, where abouts are you based? Sorry hard to tell in TH-cam comments.
The average pence per kWh in the UK is currently around 28p.
So if you charged a CLA 250e fully at this rate, it would work out to be £2.96. On WLTP this would give you up to 44 miles depending on conditions.
On the petrol side, travel 44 miles and get 40MPG and if fuel is £1.65 a Litre, this will cost £8.25.
A max of £5.29 saving.
I’ve presumed a few things, but of course where we drive and how we drive influences it further so the savings per 44 miles may be less but it’ll tot up overtime 🤓👍🏼
Would it be ok to drive in purely eletric for long periods of time? Or can that cause some problems in the engine in the long run (from lack of use)?
No it’s all good 😎
They’re designed to run on electric more as it uses that first
@@npoleary sounds great, thanks for the reply
I always switch to charge when cold start my W213 E350e. Leave it to run around a minute to warm the engine and move it to hybrid to get higher mpg.
However I couldn’t find a way to change the brake regen mode to 1 minus or 2 minus like in the EQC. When Iower the gear using the pedal in hybrid mode it lowers the gear not the regen braking.
Hey Robert, I’ve only seen the ability to change the brake regen on some recently released ones so I guess it’s some of form of new technology that came out since then that allows it.
Probably a new hybrid system or something, different electric motors etc
@@npoleary Thanks for the explanation Nick.
And one more question, I have watched your W213 comparison video. I noticed that the W213 facelift has bigger battery capacity than the pre facelift. Does the boot size also become smaller ?
I have read that the facelift W213 has charging speed 7 kW meanwhile the pre facelift only 3,5 kW.
Hey Robert, no both are the same, it’s just a facelift so the dimensions and powertrains haven’t changed.
It may have changed elsewhere in other countries but in the UK, it has a 13.5kWh battery and can charge up to 7.2kW.
There can be other factors involved if it’s not receiving the full 7.2kw such as the cable, the place you’re plugging in, single phase and even 3 phase.
How do you change startup mode? I want it to always start in ECO, not Comfort??
Sadly you can’t. Wish I could do that in mine but all cars always start in their default mode. In Mercedes it’s always Comfort
Thank you and well done Nick, it's nice video. I have noticed on my GLE 350de when I select the BL I can see in some instances that the battery is getting charged, any comment. Also shame there is no mode or I did not found a way to do, where you can use the battery to start moving and then change to fuel mode. C mode uses all the electric first then move and start the engine.
I agree, I would love for Mercedes to introduce such a mode via software update or something. I like to be able to set a speed threshold where the electric motor switches to petrol so as not waste BL unnecessarily.
For example I could set the electric motor speed limit to 90kph and once I hit the freeway where our speed limits are 110kph here it would automatically switch to petrol as my speed gets over 90 and I settle into the freeway saving my battery level for when I exit the freeway and drop below 90kph again.
@@drorzy_0485 exactly, i am suppressed why Mercedes have not thought of that.
Hey HannahBP,
In the mode Battery Level, the car is going to prioritise using the engine. In certain scenarios when the car is using brake recuperation it can charge the battery a little. Just depends on the scenario at the time as the car is always trying to be as efficient as possible. If it can recapture some “lost energy” then it’ll do just that.
In the video my comparison was that it doesn’t have a “charge” mode directly like first generation hybrids.
Hope that answers your question!
Hey FNL1 eSports,
That’s a good idea! There is something similar built into the new ones called “Electric in the City” where when using the sat nav, the car will automatically select electric when entering town’s and cities. I haven’t managed to test this feature out fully yet but this is done via the car’s location on the map.
@@npoleary do you think i would have this in my model, its 2021 GLE 350de. thanks
Hi Nick, is there a way to set a mode as default?
No sadly not, all cars have to start up in their default mode, however you can change it shortly after turning it on 🤓
@@npoleary thanks Nick, they totally missed a trick here 😞. It means I have to do a long set up to get regen breaking active 🙄.
Thank you for your videos. If they weren’t in here, I wouldn’t have bought my car 👍🏿
Can this A250E Hybrid start with Engine first? If I leave my car for 1month in Winter I do not want it failing to start due to the Battery can not start up.
The high voltage battery keeps the starter battery topped up, plus you’ll get a notification if it gets low for some reason.
For example I heard that all of the petrol and diesel cars needed jump starting after the first lockdown in 2020 but plug-in hybrids and EV’s were all good because of their batteries.
Can someone tell me how many km/miles can you drive with CLA SB 250e (2023) in comfort mode without recharging?
Now that depends on so many factors so one figure will not be the same for all people. The reason is because it depends on the starting charge of the battery, where you drive (town vs motorway), use of A/C & heating, windows open/closed, factory-fitted options such as wheel sizes, accessories fitted (post registration), variations in weather, driving styles, vehicle load & drive mode.
If you stay at a steady speed (40 mph and 60 mph at an ambient temp of 23°C, you can achieve the car’s maximum range which again varies depending on what you have on your car. For a CLA 250e pretty sure it goes up to 44 miles based on conditions above.
Hi everyone basically l got a new glc diesel hybrid plug in but l have a big problem l hope if someone can help me, today l charge it 60% after that l drove about 10 minutes the level becomes 1% , can you tell me why ?
Hey Zina, this could be for a number of reasons, it does sound extreme out of context but…it could be because of a extremely short, start / stop journey with traffic and use of heating? Just a thought…
Without knowing more about the journey and what happened it’s tricky to pin point what the cause was. Don’t suppose you grabbed the stat on your screen of the number of miles driven per kWh used?
If it happens again on another variation of road / driving style, get in touch with your local dealership and they can check over a few specifics with you before actually booking it in 🤓
Hope that helps!
Can you start your car if you have no electric?
If the high voltage battery is low? Of course, it’ll just use the engine instead 🤓
In fact, it’s one of the best things about a plug-in hybrid. To complete a journey, you don’t have to plug it in but…the more you do, the cheaper it is 🤓
Get my new E class in 10 days, not gonna lie, wee is coming out
Congrats been waiting for mine since February not arriving till Mid July now…..
Well done both!
Can annyone text this to here? So i can translate. I dont understand english
I have the 2020 glc 300e and I wonder why the charging bar won’t go full when letting go of the pedal going downhill while in comfort mode unlike bmw. The battery level in dynamic mode only lets you to maintain the battery but not charge