[EMZWEI]

Why does my ICE powered G87 think it’s an EV? I was driving the other day with the Adaptive Content screen on the display and every time I let off the accelerator and coasted the rear wheels turned blue and the little lines formed under the wheels and the Charging Battery message kept coming on. Obviously the car isn’t hybrid or EV so why is the software acting like it does?

[Aaronsbimmer]

Originally Posted by EMZWEI

Why does my ICE powered G87 think it’s an EV? I was driving the other day with the Adaptive Content screen on the display and every time I let off the accelerator and coasted the rear wheels turned blue and the little lines formed under the wheels and the Charging Battery message kept coming on. Obviously the car isn’t hybrid or EV so why is the software acting like it does?

you can't do anything about it, if the car identifies as an EV, you have to respect its identity.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by EMZWEI

Why does my ICE powered G87 think it’s an EV? I was driving the other day with the Adaptive Content screen on the display and every time I let off the accelerator and coasted the rear wheels turned blue and the little lines formed under the wheels and the Charging Battery message kept coming on. Obviously the car isn’t hybrid or EV so why is the software acting like it does?

BMW has many SW instances including several generations of iDrive to maintain across a plethora of model series. That said, they have to encourage you to save fuel somehow - probably some legislative requirement. "We must play mind games to get you to save the planet!"

[Aaronsbimmer]

It shows that the battery that starts the car is charging. A lot of cars do that, not just the M2. If you let off the gas and the car is coasting efficiently enough, the power that the spinning wheels get goes into the battery.

[fangelov]

Originally Posted by Aaronsbimmer

It shows that the battery that starts the car is charging. A lot of cars do that, not just the M2. If you let off the gas and the car is coasting efficiently enough, the power that the spinning wheels get goes into the battery.

How would that work?

[Aaronsbimmer]

Originally Posted by fangelov

How would that work?

At highway speeds or when your coasting, your engine's running hard enough for the alternator to send spare amps to the battery which is when the charging message shows up. But when parked, the engine doesn't have spare amps.

[aerobod]

Originally Posted by fangelov

How would that work?

The alternator is variable output based on excitation current as well as rotational speed that allows variable load on the engine. The DME and IBS (battery sensor) determine when to recharge the battery when energy recovery is more appropriate than just constant battery charging at cruising speed.