[jefk]

If I engage sport mode and kick down for full power, the car shifts gears above 4500 rpm. To avoid high revolutions, I manually change gears. I wonder if driving 2000 km on ICE is necessary to allow the car to shift gears freely.

[MontyB1]

I think it will be fine, just take it easy for a while and maintain battery on the odd few trips and it will break in nicely. When it comes down to it if there is a moment you need to floor it then the car will leap in regardless.

[jefk]

Thanks for advice.

[young retiree]

Hello guys, I bought my PHEV recently. Is there any way to use it only on gas mode? Or only on electric mode? And is there any way to use it on AWD mode? Does the car determines the mode? Thank you for your guidances.

[Fish Fingers]

Originally Posted by young retiree

Hello guys, I bought my PHEV recently. Is there any way to use it only on gas mode? Or only on electric mode? And is there any way to use it on AWD mode? Does the car determines the mode? Thank you for your guidances.

I would suggest reading through this thread....

https://u11.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1999355

[Tunners]

You can set the car to maintain battery, the car will then on the Gas engine. You can set the car to run on electric via the app on the idrive, go to Vehicle then Driving Settings then Drivetrain and Chassis then Electric Driving.

[tmgp]

Originally Posted by jefk

The manual advises not exceeding 4500 rpm or 160 km/h within the initial 2000 kilometers.

the issue is that i only can see rpm when in sport mode, which brings me to a question... what is the meaning on Power% in the personal mode? is there any way to change that to RPM?

[Lantirn]

Originally Posted by tmgp

the issue is that i only can see rpm when in sport mode, which brings me to a question... what is the meaning on Power% in the personal mode? is there any way to change that to RPM?

There is no way except switching to sport mode which I dont recommend since the revs will be higher as per sport mode.

From experience I can tell you that keeping the load around 40% is OK, max 50% or max speed, I would say to keep the RPM low.

[FlashMonkey929]

Originally Posted by Lantirn

There is no way except switching to sport mode which I dont recommend since the revs will be higher as per sport mode.

From experience I can tell you that keeping the load around 40% is OK, max 50% or max speed, I would say to keep the RPM low.

On my M Sport model I have the gauge display in RPM's in Personal Mode. Not sure if it's exclusive to the trim or if all trim levels can do it.

[Lantirn]

Originally Posted by FlashMonkey929

On my M Sport model I have the gauge display in RPM's in Personal Mode. Not sure if it's exclusive to the trim or if all trim levels can do it.

Interesting. My xline is in power and also a friends M sport also has power in Personal.

[FlashMonkey929]

Originally Posted by Lantirn

Interesting. My xline is in power and also a friends M sport also has power in Personal.

I have that option as well. Have you gone through all the settings in your gauge cluster using the controls on the steering wheel? You can adjust layout and content in many ways.

[Lantirn]

Originally Posted by FlashMonkey929

I have that option as well. Have you gone through all the settings in your gauge cluster using the controls on the steering wheel? You can adjust layout and content in many ways.

Edit: I checked, and no, I cant switch to RPM in personal, in any setting

[fili92]

Originally Posted by Lantirn

Edit: I checked, and no, I cant switch to RPM in personal, in any setting

Same to me.
Seems to be able only who has id8 instead of id9.

[Hartside]

Loving this car, acceleration is superb and on a 240 mile trip yesterday I got 63mpg (UK gallons)

One thing I’ve noticed is when I charge it I get the ranges below:

100% charge - 45 miles
95% charge - 45 miles
80% charge - 45 miles

Seems strange or am I missing something?

[Tunners]

Mine shows different a different range dependant on state of charge, odd that yours is showing the same range at the different amounts of charge
Perhaps a reset of the head unit might help or is it just another glitch in iD9.

[Hartside]

Could be a glitch, I’ll give it a reset and see how it goes

[young retiree]

Is there 20% min and 80% max charge threshold for BMW PHEVs?

[Tunners]

There is good info in this thread.

https://u11.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2135302

[MontyB1]

Originally Posted by young retiree

Is there 20% min and 80% max charge threshold for BMW PHEVs?

No, it gets managed far more intelligently by the car, I wouldn't worry about it so much on the PHEV models they only charge via very mild charging / discharging so suffer far less than full EVs as a result in essence.

We manage it in the way we do to keep away from some of the extremes for example but still get all the charge we need to nearly all of her journeys.

[Fish Fingers]

Originally Posted by young retiree

Is there 20% min and 80% max charge threshold for BMW PHEVs?

Quite a few posts about this recently, as mentioned above. And a number of different opinions.

In a perfect world all li-on batteries would stay around a 50% charge. Obviously not practical.....

Personally, we charge to 100% overnight - but the car is used very regularly.
Fairly often it ends up run down to (indicated) nil after longer journeys, but is then topped up again to 100% overnight.

I don't worry about it too much, but do prefer not to let it sit for extended periods at very high or low state of charge.

[young retiree]

Thank you guys. As I have understood from your comments 20% 80% thresholds are not so necessary. But charging for small percentages without waiting it to deplete is good for battery health even you charge oftenly according to the satellite experience. Moreover it is good to make slow charging than rapid. I am sure all will appreciate if any comes across and shares more scientific studies about PHEV batteries.

Thanks

[Tunners]

As stated throughout the various threads the PHEV battery is not as prone to the degradation due to it being depleted more times than a full EV so you are using the full range of the battery rather than using the top 30 or 40% ie if you were full topping up a full EV every night.
I tend to vary the amount of charge. Sometimes I charge to 80% then maybe to 90% then when needed 100% if I am going any distance.