BMW 2015 ActiveHybrid 5 Manual Do Proprietário

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 car, e. g., due to
the selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and
systems. The respectively applicable country
provisions must be observed when using the
respective features and systems.

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.

1 Combustion engine
2 Electric motor
3 Control-system electronics, electric motor
4 High-voltage cables (orange)
5 High-voltage battery

6 Auxiliary battery, combustion engine
7 Starter battery, combustion engine

The hybrid system makes it possible to opti‐
mize fuel consumption and driving characteris‐
tics.
An electric motor assists the combustion en‐
gine. In certain driving situations, the vehicle
can also be driven using only electric power,
thereby reducing fuel consumption.
In addition to this, the electric motor acts like
an alternator: during braking and coasting, it
converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into elec‐
tricity. The current is stored in the high-voltage
battery and is used to drive the electric motor.

Under certain conditions, refer to page 

the vehicle is powered only by the electric mo‐
tor.

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 

this, the electric motor uses the energy saved
in the high-voltage battery.

The Auto Start/Stop function, refer to
page 

when coasting, braking and while the vehicle is
stopped. Convenience functions such as the
automatic climate control are supplied by the

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