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Originally Posted by RabidRat
Does the X5 forcibly cycle the ICE on every once in a while? Like conceivably to prevent anything seizing up, or fuel gunking up in the lines, that kinda thing?
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The EV-only trips shows 0.1L of gasoline consumed on the BMW App despite not feeling the engine kicking on itself. Not sure if it's the B58 being smooth, the X5 having decent sound deadening / NVH reduction, or a combination of both.
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Originally Posted by dark0821
not sute about BMWs, but Toyota do give you a physical button that cycles thru EV, Hybrid, Charge (running the gasoline to charge the EV battery which is uber uber uber inefficient), but yes, you can get the engine to start anytime of your choice.
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At least on the X5, there's the option to toggle between Sport / Hybrid / Electric / Adaptive. Adaptive supposedly factors in the route guidance in the BMW nav and switches between electric / gas for max efficiency.