Is this right (battery levels) ??

[oldguynewcar]

Hi all,

Having lived with our new car for a couple months now I find myself to be totally confused and somewhat disappointed by the seemingly poor battery/self-charging on the X Ultimate.

Maybe I've misunderstood the whole concept here (which is possible) but to my mind the car is supposed to charge itself up while running and maintain the battery level.
But it seems that mine is not doing that.

After charging it up overnight - our driveway charger is on a timer from midnight to 7am - the battery shows a full 100% charge.
But it slowly drops down to 0% as we drive. I normally leave the car in 'Hybrid' mode and I was assuming that the car would use some energy from the engine to keep the battery topped up.

I've tried the 'B' function but that seems to make no difference.

Also, while driving I can see the flashy (and confusing) graphic on the dash showing power going into and out of the battery but it never actually 'charges up'. Stays at 0% until I actually plug it in to the wall again.

What am I doing wrong here?
Or have I misunderstood what it's supposed to do?

Or do I have a dud car/battery?