morning/evening all!

my 12/24 Octavia iv VRS is heading in for its first service soon so trying to get some info about a "maybe" problem before i get the no fault found brush-off. "manui det cognito vires" as my old unit motto used to say...

anyway, specs for this vehicle say "up to 60km battery only" range.

the vehicle is kept in a heated garage overnight and left to slow charge from the wall socket. temp is usually about 18-20C in there.

cone the morning, the charging light is out, indicating i presume full charge on the hi-voltage battery.

but when i start the vehicle, the range never shows more than 45km. now i get the "up to" part of the specs, but i would have thought that the conditions i have for charging are optimal so not sure i am getting so much less than 60km.

switching between modes - eco, balanced, sport - before starting off makes no difference to the indicated range.

vehicle has only done 5000km.

any thoughts anyone ?

i know there is an 80% degradation warranty over, can't remember over how many years exactly, so i'm pretty relaxed about this but just wondering whether i've missed the bleeding obvious here....

thanks!

any thoughts anyone

charging stops when the battery reaches 80-85% capacity. this extends battery life. of course, the declared range is written with a 100% full battery, which is never the case.

tactics.

My non-RS IV is a bit older, with a lot more miles and it charges outside. At this point it still indicates that my range is about 55km. I can get there if I really baby the car and turn off the heating. If you drive even a bit more spirited, or drive really short distances, the range really gets a hit. The car bases it's guestimate on your past driving behaviour. So if you baby the car (only drive up to 50 mph, slightly longer distances, no heating) for a few days/weeks then this guess should go up. But still, if you only drive around the city the range will reach > 50 km.
What is your average KWH/100km? If I want to reach >50 km, this number needs to be below 15kwh/100km.

@Canth didn't actually know this so went to check - long term averages 3.3l/100km and 13.8kwh/100km.

and yeah, i do tend to baby it and it has an easy life. 25km open road to the nearest town, but of pottering about, then 25km home again open road.

and @imart143 - thanks for the info, didn't know that, where did you find that good info?

so - i'm picking that my range (EV) should be showing as more than 45km in optimal conditions. i'll put this to the servicing agents next week and see what drops out if they run a full diags on the battery.

cheers guys.

actually, you should check your kwh/100km for the day trip counter (and make sure you only use electric mode). Electric range can only properly be assessed when you don't include gas milage. Long term, my averages are also about 3.3l/100km and about 6.6kwh/100km. This is an average for the current year (checked in app), for about 22.000km. It seems my electric usage is a lot lower than yours. It might help that the speed limit in the Netherlands is 100km/h, at least during the day, when I drive the most.

Edited 7 November, 20257 Nov by Canth
typing error

hmm, can only edit a post once it seems. At least within 15 minutes. I wanted to add a few examples:

how to calculate electric range:
The battery should have about 9.5 usable kwh. If I use my total electric usage of 6.6 kwh/100km I should be able to drive about 145km (9.5/6.6*100) which is unrealistic to say the least.

This is why I only calculate my electric range using single rides where I only use the electric motor. That number should return the proper milage for the electric engine. Let's say my usage is 15kwh/100km when I only use electric. The range should then be 9.5/15*100=63 km. I can do this during summer. Nowadays my average for electric only trips is more like 18kwh/100km, which is about 52km of range. Summer is coming in NZ, so you should see an improvement in your electric range!

Just a small contribution to the Forum upkeep with Freedom Membership means you can edit your posts without time limit. & there are other things you gain the ability to do on the forum.

4 hours ago, NZsteve said:

and @imart143 - thanks for the info, didn't know that, where did you find that good info?

It is not good info, it is BS. Full net capacity is used and there are no restrictions to charge, unless set specifically in the app. Range is advertised for the net capacity as well, which is about 10kWh. I can get over 60 on one charge easily in good conditions, but may go as low as 30ish in the worst.
The consumption figures car draws are also BS. Take what you charged (if your socket shows consumption) and take kilometers driven - that's the actual consumption, and it will be always off from what the car shows.

Edited 7 November, 20257 Nov by Edela

When 100% charged, the highest electric range my 2023 Octavia iV has ever told me I have is 41 miles (=66 km).

As others have said, that takes into account my driving style on recent trips (mainly level, fairly slow urban driving with the air con off).

I do get roughly the range the car indicates with the same type of driving in the summer. With the heating or a few hills though, it drops dramatically.

I have 2021 iV estate. Spec says 43m(69km!). I have once, in the summer got 40m (64km), but usually will be around 35m (56km). In winter will go down as low as 24m(39km), but I do live in north Scotland!

60km is perfection. Anything other than about 20C ambient temperature when driving, gradient, rain, air con, heated seats etc will all detract from that. Tyre pressure is important too.

wow, thanks for all the contributions, what a great forum!!

so a couple of additions:

@imart143 - we can't get the app here in NZ and AFAIK, thats the only way to restrict max charge. you can set a "slow charge", which i do, through vehicle settings, but that's your lot in lots of configuring the charging process so i think @Edela is correct, it charges to the max.

@Canth - i hadn't thought about driving patterns and how these are used to calculate (guess!) the estimated range. i will now!

i thought my conditions ( car charged slowly overnight, ambient temp 18-20, relaxed driving style etc) seemed optimal for an estimated range so still can't explain the 45km the car shows on startup. and @whippersnapper thks, tyres set and checked regulalry at 33psi.

but what i haven't done yet is just run it in e-mode and see the actual range achieved in real-life. but dumb of me but i've been trying to nurse it along in hybrd mode as much as possible.

most of the other contributors seem to be getting 60km plus.....

anyhoo....i will update with some real-world testing and anything that drops out of the diags at 1 year service next week.

tune in then!!

Edited 7 November, 20257 Nov by NZsteve

Other thoughts. The 60km will be city too not any open road stuff. Also not sure what wheels and tyres are on the IV but my ICE RS the tyre pressure is 39psi not 33.

Edited 8 November, 20258 Nov by whippersnapper

noted, thks.

running 33psi (manual says 32............39 seems very high??)

6 hours ago, whippersnapper said:

Other thoughts. The 60km will be city too not any open road stuff.

I think it is just about the speed and steadiness of the drive. There's a circular highway within the city where I live, speed limit is 90. If the road is empty and I'm just cruising at 90 (or a bit faster, you know), this is where I get the maximum range. While city driving is slower, constant acceleration and deceleration eats the range quite significantly.

8 hours ago, NZsteve said:

noted, thks.

running 33psi (manual says 32............39 seems very high??)

Must have different tyres than me then. Normally pressures are but in a manual but on the sticker in the four frame or similar. Definitely 39 for the 225/40 19s

well, now you've opened a can of worms.....

i have the 22/45 R18s and the chart by the fuel filler shows this:

i think using BAR for anything but scuba is a blunt tool so in psi this is 36 front and 40 rear. for decades of driving across different car the go-to has been 32/33....which i why i originally said youe pressure seemed scary high. so i erred on the side of caution and have been running 33.

however, i guess i need to grasp the nettle, pump then up a bit then go for a drive e-mode and just see what happens.

Edited 8 November, 20258 Nov by NZsteve

51 minutes ago, NZsteve said:

well, now you've opened a can of worms.....

i have the 22/45 R18s and the chart by the fuel filler shows this:

i think using BAR for anything but scuba is a blunt tool so in psi this is 36 front and 40 rear. for decades of driving across different car the go-to has been 32/33....which i why i originally said youe pressure seemed scary high. so i erred on the side of caution and have been running 33.

however, i guess i need to grasp the nettle, pump then up a bit then go for a drive e-mode and just see what happens.

It will make a difference.

Also remember the hybrid is quite a bit heavier than the ice car too so another reason for plenty of air pressure

morning all...and thanks everyone for the contribtions, never to old to learn new stuff

so, the take-aways:

car just had its first year service and i asked them to do as deep a diag of the hi-voltage system as they could - unsurprisingly, no fault found.

Skoda did come back with - as many of you have pointed out - the vehicle "learns and predicts" from your driving style and usual conditions. thats as close to the algorithms as i'm ever likely to get.

i have given the tyre pressures a good bump up to 38/40 psi.

its summer here now so ambient about 18-20C and my usual run about a 35km return, mainly open road 100km/h, few ks urban then home again.

car is still showing give or take 45km battery only range in the morning....but i'm getting home after 35km still showing about 25km battery range. (still leanring?)

so...i've decided life is too short, i'll keep the tyre pressures up, half a tank of 95 in case and run electric (as opposed to hybrid which i've usually done), keep on eye on whether the figures change over time but otherwise draw a line under it.

happy days!

Edited 20 November, 202520 Nov by NZsteve

On 09/11/2025 at 11:49, NZsteve said:

well, now you've opened a can of worms.....

i have the 22/45 R18s and the chart by the fuel filler shows this:

i think using BAR for anything but scuba is a blunt tool so in psi this is 36 front and 40 rear. for decades of driving across different car the go-to has been 32/33....which i why i originally said youe pressure seemed scary high. so i erred on the side of caution and have been running 33.

however, i guess i need to grasp the nettle, pump then up a bit then go for a drive e-mode and just see what happens.

I don't know if you remember, but about a year ago I pointed you to this thread regarding tyre pressures:

That thread is the actual can of worms... 🤣😂

last year???

oh my god...i can't remember what i had for breakfast...its an age thing, but thanks for the reminder.