Over a year in and still loving my iV but this annoys me a bit...

 

When driving along in e mode I need to overtake quickly so foot down and away we go...full power for a few seconds, ie sport mode.

So then slow back down but the ICE keeps running and car does not revert back to E mode until you next come to a halt.

Only then will the ICE cut out and e mode resumes.

The display does not change from e mode.

 

Anybody else noticed this or am I doing something wrong?

My guess is that it is looking after the GPF and getting it hot enough so that there are no issues.

Can you hit mode button and switch out and back to E mode? I'll give it a go in my GTE in the morning if I remember.

You'll be glad to know this is normal.

 

I think in my GTE it would eventually switch back to e-mode.

 

I can see the logic in both approaches, but a double tap of e-mode button will flick it back to electric once the ICE has finished it's mandatory run-time after it's first start.

 

Conversely I've been pleased to see that the superb is much better in sports mode. It doesn't switch off the ICE as readily when cornering / braking which is a definite bonus

Edited 8 November, 20214 yr by Patent

So I did it this morning and it changed back to E mode a short while after letting off. A bit like when it changes back to D after using the paddles.