Hi all,

 

Sincere apologies if this topic has been covered again and again.. However I cannot seem to find a straightforward answer; even at some Škoda dealerships.. 

How are you all getting on with real world MPG in the vRS IV PHEV. I'm currently looking at moving over from my Hyundai i30N Performance (For note: I'm well aware that both cars are set up for wildly different forms of Drivers and Driving Style) to something a bit more wallet friendly; with enough poke and sportyness to have a tiny bit of fun when conditions allow. 

 

In my specific usage case, the car would be plugged in to my 3-pin socket inside my home to charge the battery; especially before a long journey. But how do you all fine tune your setups? I have a friend who had a Merc GLA for about 2 weeks and since he was plugging in every time he was home, he was barely using fuel and filled up once in his short time with the car, could this be the same with the vRS? 
 

I have an IV but it’s the 204bhp non-vrs version. I am not certain about the exact difference between the vrs and non-vRS phev but I suspect the extra performance comes from the electric motor and not from the petrol engine. So would expect you’d achieve similar or slightly less mpg than me

 

You’ll get 20 - 35 miles out of a full charge. A 3 pin recharge using the “granny” charger takes about 5 hours. So I use octopus intelligent and charge off-peak. A full charge currently costs me around 80pence

 

I do all my local journeys in ev mode. Which is what the car defaults to unless the EV battery is flat. Once flat it runs in “hybrid” mode. The first part of hybrid mode is like any other petrol/diesel car. The engine will run until it’s warmed up, then will cut off when coasting/stationary.

 

Ive done half a dozen longish drives since getting the car now. Here’s an example which I would say is fairly typical

Starting day 1 with 100% battery

Local driving (school run) followed by a trip from Manchester to kings Lynn, 169 miles average 61.3mpg. I used 50% of the battery and saved the rest for the following day

Day2: Travel around kings Lynn in ev mode using up remaining battery. Then drive from kings Lynn to heathrow. 156miles, 55.4mpg

Day3: Heathrow back to Manchester. EV Battery totally flat. 197 miles, 48.7mpg. bad weather and a slow start (where the engine was running) really pulled down the average. I think normally I would’ve been in the low 50s. 
 

Mainly sticking to 70-75 on the motorway when conditions allowed. Not trying too hard to save fuel

HTH
 

 

Interesting, I can't say i'd be doing mega milage all that often so that is a really good overall average! 

i've seen the settings regarding battery conservation; I assume as a general rule of thumb, the battery is pretty useless at motorway speeds apart from a boost. But the biggest savings would be in start stop traffic and city driving? 

 

If I’m going on a longer motorway run, longer than I know the battery will last. I’ll set it to hybrid mode once I’m joining the motorway and then untick the “auto” checkbox next to the mode selection. which then holds the battery level where it is. It’ll still use the battery in traffic and under those circumstances it’ll discharge. So it’s also not actively charging the battery from the engine in this mode (which wastes fuel)

 

if you don’t uncheck the “auto” box, it seems to discharge the battery assisting the engine but I’d prefer to save the battery for the end of the journey when I’m not on the motorway anymore.

 

Since the start of this year (2024) I have averaged 61.1 mpg, over around 2500 miles.

 

Car is charged on a wall box at home, and sometimes at the office to fully charged. So far according to the Hive App 164kWh put in at home at a total cost of £16.16, not sure about the office charger.

 

I only ever fill up with Super Unleaded (BP or Shell).

 

I try to pre condition the car before I leave in the mornings while its still plugged in when going to the office (Dartford to Northampton) around 100 miles. I dont drive to try and save fuel, but equally dont drive like a nutcase. Mostly sticking to 70 mph on cruise, although I do wonder if you can get better mpg if you drive it yourself.

 

At weekends its all pretty local and I drive around 25 miles in EV mode, rarely does the ICE kick in over the weekends.

6 minutes ago, MickyD44 said:

Since the start of this year (2024) I have averaged 61.1 mpg, over around 2500 miles.

 

Car is charged on a wall box at home, and sometimes at the office to fully charged. So far according to the Hive App 164kWh put in at home at a total cost of £16.16, not sure about the office charger.

 

I only ever fill up with Super Unleaded (BP or Shell).

 

I try to pre condition the car before I leave in the mornings while its still plugged in when going to the office (Dartford to Northampton) around 100 miles. I dont drive to try and save fuel, but equally dont drive like a nutcase. Mostly sticking to 70 mph on cruise, although I do wonder if you can get better mpg if you drive it yourself.

 

At weekends its all pretty local and I drive around 25 miles in EV mode, rarely does the ICE kick in over the weekends.

Preconditioning: Is this done via the cars infotainment or is it available via the Skoda App? 

By pre condition I'm talking about getting the interior up to temperature, clearing the screen of frost/ice etc.

 

If you set the departure timer on the app it will make sure the car is ready to go using mains power and you will have 100% battery for driving.

 

I think you can set the timers in the cars infotainment screen but I never have.

Based on my experience, when driving on the highway at 120 km/h and further in the city 30-50 km/h on battery alone you can actually drive 55 km (average speed 43 km/h).

 

In 1.5 years of owning the car and 30000km of driving, the average fuel consumption is 5l/100km and 7 kwh/100km respectievly.

 

My long term average over 1600 miles is just under 60mpg (not a VRs, just the iV estate). I only charge when doing work miles as I get billed for the first 30 miles at an electric rate.

 

As an example, if I do say an 80 mile round trip, say 60% motorway and the rest A & B-roads, I usually get about 70-80mpg and that's if the battery is fully charged before I start. 

 

With no charge, I'd say high 40's.