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Brake Energy Regeneration: an energy-saving innovation.
The new BMW 5-Series sedan continues the roll-out of BMW's Brake Energy Regeneration system on US models. To save energy and reduce the vehicle's fuel consumption over time, this system manages th ...

Controls
1 Change the entertainment source 2 CD/DVD* drive 3 Eject CD/DVD 4 Change station/track 5 Programmable memory buttons 6 Volume, on/off ...

The concept
The system is functional at speeds beginning at approx. 20 mph/30 km/h. It maintains the speed that was set using the control elements on the steering wheel. The system brakes on downhill gradie ...