Driving, Bmw activehybrid x6 – BMW ActiveHybrid X6 2010 User Manual

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Driving

BMW ActiveHybrid X6

The concept

Through the interplay of the combustion engine
and electric motors, your BMW ActiveHybrid X6

achieves a particularly efficient fuel consump-
tion and optimizes vehicle performance.

Components of the system

1 High-voltage battery
2 High-voltage wires: orange
3 Two-Mode Active Transmission with 2

integrated electric motors

4 Combustion engine
5 Control-system electronics

Do not damage orange high-voltage
wires. Otherwise, there is the risk of fatal

injury by electrocution.

The energy required to drive the electric motors
is stored in the high-voltage battery stored
under the luggage compartment floor in the
luggage compartment.
To produce electrical energy, the two electric
motors in the Two-Mode Active Transmission
function as generators. They are driven by the
combustion engine or by kinetic energy during
braking.
This permits an energy conversion of kinetic
energy into electrical current.