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Those 21(+/-1) seconds from Start to Audio playing is an eternity... But it also depends on the Audio source - if it's Phone or USB you should also add the time needed by the MiB to access that source. I found that it may vary A LOT between different engine starts. Radio should be the "benchmark" for such time comparisons. Do you reset the system once in a while? Usually it becomes a bit more responsive after reset.

I'm still trying to understand what's the car the OP has problems with... (probably I'm missing something)

Ok, that was actually my first question after reading your first post: Have you tried with a different phone? Check if your AA is up-to-date... Over the past 10 days, I've received 2 AA updates (on Android 14); 1st update made AA slightly unresponsive, 2nd one kind of fixed the issue.

This version of VAG PHEV is only able to charge at 3 kW max, and with the "reduced charging" option activated it will even go down to 1 kW. Indeed, the user should check the socket (and circuit) power rating, but without grounding it's a no-go...

That must be the reason. AFAIK the "home charger" needs a functional grounding circuit in order to work.

I have the very same engine and transmission on Formentor PHEV, and never had the feeling that the car goes into higher revs than what I was asking via the accelerator. It happened a few times that it went to higher revs than I was expecting, but it was exclusively my fault: I was in S and I was downshifting (manually); once I resumed the acceleration, I wasn't paying attention that the car stays in M. However, you can easily avoid the high revs using the paddle shifter - I do that sometimes. I only feel that for the "crawling" setting - I find it to be quite jerky sometimes, depending on traffic. When you're stuck in crowded traffic at very low pace, foot not even on the accelerator and the car barely moving, sometimes there's some "clunk-clunk" noise coming from the transmission (or the e-motor) that you can also feel in the car-body. I think that's caused by the car quickly oscillating between regen and traction - as it's unsure what to do at that slow moving pace. That could be surely optimized; I sometimes "force" the gearbox into M1 to avoid that behavior...

Ok, since it's available for Golf 8 for some time and I have it on my Formentor for about 2 months now, I was assuming it was also released for Octavia - though I never checked...

First of all, you need to specify what "latest software" you have. As far as I know 1969 is also released for Skoda too, so 1941 is no longer "the latest". Secondly,the restart of the Android Auto alone is sometimes related to the phone-infotainment connection problems or instability; but it's hard to say if it is exclusively the fault of the infotainment. I remember that on my Skoda, after the update to 1941, my AA was also restarting apparently) randomly while connected via cable. After several such occurrences I noticed a pattern: the AA restart was only happening when the phone battery was reaching 100% SoC (S21 Ultra). The fix I found was to unplug the cable before phone reached 100%, it would automatically go on wireless AA, and it was stable. In this case I blame the phone, not the MiB.

I was also looking forward to see what they've changed on the PHEV, but not a word about it. If you really need the bigger battery/range and you also need the volume of an estate, have a look at the new Superb - it has the new PHEV configuration (1.5 TSI) with the bigger battery and faster charging option, and IIRC two power versions. Sure, it's a bigger class, different price...

https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/en-US

Here we go again... new Samsung flagship series => new problems (@VW, Skoda, Seat): https://www.sammobile.com/news/android-auto-issues-galaxy-s24-seat-skoda-volkswagen/

So, just trying to better understand: before this "new" MySkoda App you were using the MySkoda Essentials? And all the features for the PHEV (e.g. charging, pre-heating) were also available? I have the same (very annoying) bug as you, but on the Cupra Connect App - most likely the very same rationale behind both apps... When I'm trying to charge the last few percent of the battery (up to 100%) in the morning before I leave, the App is failing. It' either saying the car is "Not connected", or in most cases "something has gone wrong" - see picture. What's most annoying is that each time the charging request returns an error message, I am able to start the pre-heating - which means that Car-Server-App-and-return communication goes well. So what's the "secret" problem behind the charging failure? p.s. in the picture the HV battery is at 99%, so that might be used as an argument for the charging not starting. However, in most cases I'm trying to charge from 95 or 90% and it's always the same failure, and always successful pre-heating...

The TOTAL battery capacity is 13 kWh, but the "usable" one is 10 or 10.5 kWh. I never saw more than 11 kWh delivered by the charging station for a 0-100% charge (total indicated by the charging App), not even on cold weather when the charging efficiency is a bit lower.

Indeed, while in hybrid mode, even when the ICE is running there's some use of the HV battery - it will sometimes give some electric support for the acceleration. That happens when you keep the default settings of the hybrid drive. However, depending on your battery needs along the way, you can choose to preserve a certain amount of battery (or even charge while driving) for later use on your trip.

That's absolutely normal, since you as a user don't have access to all 13 kWh of the battery - have a look at the details in the link: https://www.auto-data.net/en/compare?carId1=38016&carId2=38026&carId3= As far as I knew, the usable capacity of the battery in EV mode is closer to 10,5 kWh - that's what you can see on your dashboard between 0 and 100%. The rest of the capacity is hybrid-system reserved and it will not allow you to use the car in EV mode. Now the 11.5 kWh that you see on the charging App to get from 0% to 100%, doesn't mean that your battery has 11.5 kWh capacity. The capacity is smaller (10 or 10.4 - not sure), but the charging process has an efficiency which is not 100%, therefore, you are using 11.5 kWh from the charging station to store into the battery about 10.5 kWh - which means that about 10% are losses. That's not a fault, but this is how physics work... you might notice that at extreme temperatures (too cold or too hot) the energy losses might increase.

Exactly! The 10 kWh (usable) I have on my Formentor are now (at negative temperatures and with cabin preheating from the battery) just enough for me to drive home-work-home - about 26 km distance. In spring and autumn 1 charge might cover 2 days, at the limit... Other users might have longer distances for the daily drive, but as long as it is (quite)-short personal use and not longer business daily trips, the 40-42 kWh should be more than enough. If I'd have an EV with the largest capacity battery on the market, I'd still be using 10-12 kWh per day (in winter, less otherwise), such that with the 40 kWh of charge at cheap rate from Monday to Friday, I'd start the weekend with a full battery. That's not such a bad scenario, is it?

Anything is "fast charge" compared to the currently maximum of 3.5 kW that our PHEVs are limited to... (Octavia, Formentor etc.) 😁 Now on a more serious note, they specify on the press release note that it will be capable of a maximum charge rate of 50 kW: "Thanks to a maximum charging rate of 50 kW, it takes just 25 minutes to charge the battery from 10 to 80 percent" Source: https://skodamedia.com/en-gb/releases/1455

Oh, I've never used an Octavia PHEV, but the weight distribution of the Formentor is quite good - nothing to complain about. It's true that the Cupra has a different approach for the suspension - since they pretend to be on the sportier side of the VAG group. However, I noticed on the Rescue-Sheet of the Formentor that the HV-battery is under the rear-seats and the fuel-tank in under the trunk floor (spare wheel position)- which kind of makes-sense. The tank is only 40 liters, while the battery with the metal safety-enclosure plus the cooling circuit and liquid should be much heavier... So the heavier stuff is in front of the rear axle. I can only assume it's similar for the Octavia, but I'm not sure.

Not sure, but AFAIK they keep the same Li-Ion technology, so I doubt it's double energy-density. I'm directly interested, since the Formentor should also get a facelift this year, which means it would also get the updated PHEV. Not sure about the battery though... I wouldn't mind doubling my EV range 😉

That's true, not a huge saving, but the PHEV choice should be also pollution-related. At least that's how I see it and how I made up my mind for the PHEV. The EV range covers my daily to-and-from work trip, across town. If I can go through urban landscape without smoke behind my car, that's great! I know there's some smoke behind the energy I'm using in EV mode, but that's not produced in the city - and that's a way of moving the pollution outside inhabited areas. By the way, since this is an electric-range topic: I recently read the specs for the new Skoda Superb, and noticed they updated the PHEV (which was rumored for a while now). The ICE is changed fron the 1.4 TSI to the newer 1.5 TSI (same power output). The electric motor is the same, included into the same DQ400e gearbox, therefore the system power remains unchanged, BUT there's a NEW HV battery: it has 25,5 kWh capacity! And it comes with fast-charge!!! So it's about twice the range of the current VAG PHEVs (Skoda, VW, Seat, Cupra). The big question is: will the Octavia facelift this year be launched with the new PHEV system? I can imagine they will (quite)easily replace the ICE, but will they be able to "squeeze-in" the bigger battery? It's known that they avoid making major changes on the platform when they're launching the facelift...

MY changes in most factories (if not all) sometime during August. That doesn't mean your car is a facelift, it's simply next year's model; so there will be no visible difference (in most cases), since the changes mainly occur "behind the scenes"... ( e.g. software upgrades, components improvement)

Really???

Totally agree with you! Not veen on cars that had their own navigation maps did I use the car navigation. I always preferred Waze/Maps via AA. When I'm mentioning the Navigation Database update, it's not for the Navigation itself. On my Octavia I didn't have the Navigation, but I was still updating the Navi.Database. It's been mentioned around here, by users far wiser and more documented than me, that the car uses the maps in the background for decisions that are not always obvious for the driver. For instance deciding whether to coast or not when you lift your foot off the accelerator, depending on the road ahead - if it's a straight line in front, or if there's a roundabout coming. On the Formentor I only have the basic 10" screen, not the optional 12", therefore there's no Navigation Database in the background - so nothing to update...

Yep, that's the one, which means released November.2023, which is actually inline with what your infotainment is displaying: 23.11 offtopic: Ok, just to be clear: I'm not planning to upset or offend anyone here, I'm just saying it's complicating the life (and search process) for new users around here while they're looking for a piece of info. That's why there's a rule concerning this very point: one may check "Rules", No.5, "new Threads".