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Starting Up

The Infotainment system in the I-Pace can take up to 2 minutes to boot up. This doesn’t happen very often and is normally like that only after a long period of ‘sleep’ and then getting in and driving away straight off. It will sometimes, however, do this full boot up sequence after a very short period of being off. This always, to me at least, seems to be when starting or ending a charge. I would also recommend using the pre-conditioning feature. This has two modes. Mode 1, which can be scheduled or initiated manually, will pre-condition the cabin temperature to a pre-desired level. If set for a schedule, the vehicle will switch on an bring on the heating or cooling 30 minutes before the departure time. If controlled manually, it will do the same when triggered from the app, or even from the in-car control. Using this feature has the added advantage that the vehicle is ‘woken up’ to do this and the boot-up times when you enter the car appear to be reduced. Mode 2 applies when the vehicle is plugged into a charger and the departure time is set. In this scenario, the vehicle will start up the heating/cooling as above but additionally, it will use power from the charger to pre-condition the battery to the optimal temp. The amount of energy used to do this will depend entirely on the ambient temp but it will start this process up to 4 hours before departure. If the vehicle is not plugged in, it will NOT pre-heat the battery. Preheating the battery will improve efficiency from departure as the battery is at ideal temp and also allowing for greater initial regen, even when the battery is full. It will, however, use more energy from the charger and this has a cost. Preconditioning the cabin has a direct hit on efficiency as energy is used before you depart.

Tip: Use cabin pre-conditioning in damp or cold conditions will aid clearing of the rear window. The rear window does not have a rear wiper and a quite inefficient heated rear window, so preconditioning can help get around this.