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Re:BMW delivers its 100,000th electrified vehicle this year by rjmunro on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:23PM (#15962514)
Is it possible to run on battery + ICE for a long range trip, or do you have to wait for the battery to deplete before the ICE kicks in?

I.e. only use the battery to get the last 10-20 kph of your speed.

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Re:BMW delivers its 100,000th electrified vehicle this year by BoorishBears on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:54PM (#15962899)
You can put it in Mountain or Hold, Mountain waits till the battery hits ~25% and then tries to hold it.

Hold will (try to) hold the battery where it currently is.

Both essentially do what you describe, use ICE primarily and the battery as a secondary. The battery mostly ends up only being used under heavy acceleration at highway speeds (ie, to get your last 10-20 mph of your speed).

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