2023 Land Rover Defender My Electric Vehicle (EV) Owners Manual

2023 Land Rover Defender My Electric Vehicle (EV)

MY ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV)

The My Electric Vehicle (EV) extra feature displays information for the operation of the hybrid system.

Select EV from the touchscreen’s Apps menu. See APPS SCREEN.

The EV menu screen displays the following information:

• The hybrid system energy flow is dynamically represented via a vehicle image. The operation of the hybrid system is graphically displayed during driving. The active components and the energy flow between them are highlighted.
• The current total driving range for the vehicle.
• The current driving range for the electric motor.

Swipe the EV menu screen to access the CHARGING screen, to display information for the current charging status of the hybrid battery.

Select the Preferred Charging Period soft key to view and change a current timed charging event. See TIMED CHARGING.

Select the Charge now soft key to override a timed charging event.

PREDICTIVE ENERGY OPTIMISATION

The predictive energy optimization feature uses the current route information from the vehicle’s navigation system to enhance the hybrid system operation. The use of the stored hybrid battery charge is balanced across the route, to help improve the potential fuel economy. For example, electric motor use is maximized during the low-speed sections of the route.

Automatic operation of the predictive energy optimization feature occurs when:

• The route for the current journey is entered into the vehicle’s navigation system. See SETTING A DESTINATION.
• Either the ECO or the comfort driving program is enabled. See TERRAIN RESPONSE OPERATION.
  NOTES
  The predictive energy optimization feature also operates if the AUTO driving program is enabled and the vehicle detects on-road driving.

The predictive energy optimization feature is suspended in the following events:

• Insufficient hybrid battery charge.
• The transmission is engaged in Sport (S).
• Gear changes via the steering wheel gearshift paddles.
• The vehicle detects off-road driving.