noiseyv

I have had a Superb IV Estate since March 2020 and have a few things to add and one QUESTION to ask. I live in Central London and even without parking in my back garden, which is possible but not easy, I have charged the car FAIRLY easily through the slow units installed by Ubitricity in lampposts The Connect App has a bug which means when you drive it on electric only it shows mpg as 57.6 (basically anything high over 100 ish comes out as this) in the driving stats - hopeless after all this time that it has not been corrected As per another thread the range predicts on the basis of your last run, so if you are heavy footed or drive at high speed the range is reduced, if you drive at constant low speeds - like a long average speed check set of motorway road works - then it is increased. The only way to maximise this overnight is to complete the charge just before you drive off - the charging process warms the battery and so extends the range. The Inbuilt Charging App allows you to do this by setting Plans - BUT it has bugs and sometimes will not charge at all, getting its days mixed up - painful Large Employers should be fined if they do not have charging points. Mine has 1000 cars onsite and not one point. They have been talking about/planning it for 2 years! TFL should ONLY charge PHEV if they use fuel in the zone. Since the Superb can report its state to a web service that would be good enough. No need to GPS "track". Just when it went on electric, when it went off. Then the congestion charging could query this Database and charge if the vehicle was not on electric all the time. The DB would be maintained by the manufacturers and would encourage EV use inside "pollution" zones which could be elsewhere than London. Win, win This would also encourage being able to preserve use of electricity ... which brings me to my question (or is it two now) I noticed on picking up my car recently from the garage that it went into "EcoBoost" mode on the A1 - seeming to charge up the battery from the ICE. Is there a way to provoke/control this mode? I have only seen it once! Is there any way to preserve electric? Currently when I switch to Hybrid on a motorway at the beginning of a journey the EV range reduces during the journey as it gets used up during some phases - so when I arrive at my City destination I have very little left Overall I can see the benefit for many city drivers of a PHEV but ONLY if the charging is easily available. I am persistent but not everyone is. 4 of my nearest 6 chargers are out of operation. 18 have been removed to put in a cycle lane. 4 others are now the other side of a Low Traffic Neighbourhood roadblock. At least they are planning to put 5 in nearby. But since Shell own Ubitricity you would hope maintenance would be better.