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Vehicle engine state

vehicle.drivetrain.engine.isIgnitionOn

What BMW says about it

This value indicates whether the engine was on or off at the time of data collection or whether the status is unknown.

Description from BMW's CarData catalogue.

In Home Assistant

BavarianData creates an entity called “Vehicle engine state” for it, with the right unit and device class. For it to receive values, the descriptor has to be switched on in BMW's Data Selection; the setup wizard does that in one click.

How to set it up

Its name in every language

English
Vehicle engine state
Deutsch
Zustand des Motors (an/aus)
Čeština
Stav motoru (zapnutý/vypnutý)
Español
Estado del motor (encendido/apagado)
Français
État du moteur (allumé/éteint)
Italiano
Stato del motore (acceso/spento)
Nederlands
Toestand van de motor (aan/uit)
Polski
Stan silnika (wł./wył.)
Português
Estado do motor (on/off)
Svenska
Motorns tillstånd (på/av)