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      04-02-2020, 02:27 AM   #1
ikheetleon
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Drives: BMW X5 45e 2020
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X5 45e electric mode unavailable

I've had it a couple of times that when I drive off, after about half a minute, my car switches to Hybrid (default startup mode is Electric inidvidual). When I want to switch back to electric, it says: Electric mode unavailable. When I switch to Adaptive and then Electric, it does switch back to Electric individual.

I've checked the drivers guide for the Electric driving conditions.

1) Battery should have enough power and high voltage battery should be on the right temperature
2) Gear should be in D or R.
3) Don't push the throttle to deep.
4) Don't exceed the maximum speed.

So, the circumstance it happened were all pretty identical:

1) Full battery, don't know about high voltage temperature (can I check that somewhere?), outside temp was about 8 degrees Celcius.
2) Check, I was driving in D.
3) Didn't push it all in and certainly not passed the kickdown.
4) I was driving about 30 km/pu, flat straight road. Just me in the car, no load or anything.

So the things I cannot check is the high voltage battery temperature. But why would it switch back to electric if I do it via adaptive mode? Is there a way to figure out why the car is switching from Electric to Hybrid?
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