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Originally Posted by Go FasTA
The distinction here is "Battery Hold" (50e) vs. "Battery Control" (45e). With Battery Control, the car would use the ICE to charge the HV battery up to the configured target % and then hold it there. With Battery Hold I believe the car will just maintain the charge, but will not actively charge using the ICE.
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Yes, you are right. I didn't notice that it's called battery control in 45e. So, indeed according to the 50e owner's manual "BATTERY HOLD is used to maintain the current charge level of the high-voltage battery. The electric range can be conserved in this way for a later point in the trip, for instance." And according to the 45e owner's manual "with BATTERY CONTROL, the electric range can be maintained and conserved for a later point in the trip or
increased as needed" (the key word being "increased").