Seat Mii electric 2019 Owner's Manual

Drive system and driving
Brake energy recuperation Fig. 135
On the selector lever: connect the
br ak
e energy recuperation. Fig. 136
On the instrument panel display: indi-
cation of r ecuper

ation levels. The brake energy recuperation can generate
a br
aking eff

ect. This braking effect depends
on the selected driving programme and the
level of charge of the high-voltage battery. When braking the vehicle and when the vehi-
cle mo

ves by inertia or travels downhill in the
deceleration phase, electric power is gener-
ated by the electric engine and stored in the
high-voltage battery. The electric engine
then operates as an alternator and produces
a engine brake effect. This process is called
brake energy recuperation.
The status of the recuperation is indicated in
the power display of the instrument panel
››› page 61. When recuperation is active, the
needle goes to the green area of the display.
The current recuperation level is displayed on
the instrument panel display ››› Fig. 136.
Given the case, in the application installed on
the smartphone you can view a statistic of
the energy recuperated over the last 30 mi-
nutes. Check the electronic instruction man-
ual of the application for this.
The effect of the engine brake is more or less
intense depending on the level of recupera-
tion. If the recuperation is very intense, the
brake light of the vehicle may also be switch-
ed on. As the charge level of the high-voltage
battery increases, the recuperation reduces
and, thus, the effect of the engine brake.
When the high-voltage battery is fully charg-
ed, no energy recuperation takes place and
the effect of the engine brake is not available.
When the vehicle detects that road condi-
tions do not allow safe contact between the
wheels and the road, the energy recupera- tion is automatically reduced and, therefore,
the effect of the engine br
ake ››› .
Sel ect a r
ecuperation level
There are a total of 4 brake energy recupera-
tion levels. You can switch between recupera-
tion levels 1 to 3 by pressing the selector lever
slightly sideways towards ››› Fig. 135
+ and
- :

Driving
Recuperation level

Drive system and driving
display. Additionally, a warning acoustic sig-
nal may sound.
The purpose of the w arning is t
o remember to
switch off the ignition before leaving the vehi-
cle. WARNING
If the vehicle keys are used negligently or
without pr oper att

ention, accidents and se-
rious injuries can occur.

Driving
Indication that the drive system is connec-
t ed
The el
ectric engine does not generate no-
ticeable noises neither when connecting the
drive system nor when it is running. Therefore,
it is not possible to recognise whether the
drive system is running based on the engine
noises. Instead, you can recognised that the
drive system is connected by the following
characteristics:

Drive system and driving
rear lid and the bonnet are completely
cl
osed and l
ocked. WARNING
Never disconnect the drive system when
the v ehicl

e is in motion. This could cause
loss of control of the vehicle, accidents and
serious injury.

Driving
A short sequence of acoustic signals indi-
cat es that the driv
e system has been recon-
nected.
If 30 seconds elapse without the drive system
being reconnected, the drive system can be
reconnected manually as described in
››› page 141. In this case, bear in mind the
messages shown on the instrument panel
display. WARNING
If the vehicle is left unattended with the
driv e syst

em connected, accidents and se-
rious injuries can occur.

Drive system and driving
Gear selection Contr ol l
amps

Driving
 - Neutr
al
The el ectric drive system is in the neutral po-
sition. No movement is transmitted to the
wheels and the braking effect of the electric
engine does not occur.
 – Permanent forward drive position
The electric drive system is in the normal pro-
gramme (brake energy recuperation levels
0-3).
 – Very intense brake energy recupera-
tion
Very intense brake energy recuperation is de-
celeration phases (brake energy recupera-
tion level 4).

Drive system and driving
Note
If the selector lever is left for a long time in
a position other than P with the ignition off ,
the 12-v
olt battery may discharge. Driving with an automatic gearbox
Driving down slopes
The st
eeper the sl

ope, the higher the selected
brake energy recuperation level will have to
be. A high recuperation level increases the
braking effect of the electric engine. Never let
the vehicle roll downhill with the selector lev-
er in the neutral position N.

Driving
Hill driving assistant Ho w it w
orksThe hill start assistant helps start moving up-
hill whil
e k

eeping the vehicle actively stop-
ped.
The hill start assistant is automatically
connected if the following conditions are
met simultaneously: