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Originally Posted by X5 45e
If you put in electric or electric individual it stay all electric longer before switching the ICE on. You can go up to 40% of power in stead of 30% in hybride and it kind of hangs around 40% before turning on the ICE. This makes it easier to drive all electric. On the highway it will drive 130 km/h on electric in electric mode but just 110 in hybrid.
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Electric is definitely my favourite mode. In the UK the speed limit is 70mph, but BMW didn't adjust the max electric only speed in hybrid, so it will only go up to 68mph. It's a small thing but quite annoying at the same time.
I haven't seen the car switch the ICE on when running at 40% power in electric mode, but I don't run at max power very often or use kick down. The 45e has turned me into a relatively slow driver!
I've set Electric Individual as the default startup mode, but I do find that occasionally it reverts to Hybrid. Perhaps the car is telling me that it wants to run the ICE?