Out of all the PHEVs on sale at the moment, is the Skoda Octavia the best all rounder? Twitter: / evmanuk Tesla Referral: ts.la/andrew31112 Octopus Referral: share.octopus.energy/ore-cobr...
Cracking vid as per usual! Love your vids and nice to see your reassurance review for a car that I have. I have the Vrs Phev and its such a great family car. Coming from a golf r estate not wanting to sacrifice too much fun but wanting electric yet with insecurities of committing to a full electric vehicle, the octavia is brilliant. Im even prepared to say "The" best car in VAG group! Interior much more premium than VW and Audi (bar the sometimes frustrating infotainment system), the added quirky touches that a Skoda has and it has been a pleasant, enjoyable dabble into electric vehicles. I am fully prepared to say that after this car I will go for a full BEV based on such a good experience so far. By then I am sure there would also be improved electric charging infrastructure and a more competitive market of choice of large family BEV and performance vehicles 👍 Thank you for your effort and commitment to providing is with quality and enjoyable vids.
Looking forward to my first electric car, my current car is a petrol Octavia Estate and it is amazing for all the same reasons. Just driven from Hampshire to St Ives and back with the family and it covered the journey easily. I'd be happy with a a full electric but you are so right about the hybrid's needing to be more like the i3.
Traditional Skoda values. Very practical family car, useful EV range. I like it. Very fair appraisal by yours faithfully. SH they will be great value.. 👍
Great review. Also worth noting for company car drivers that this car is only 7% BIK... better than the majority of BMW, VW and Audi equivalent PHEV's (just a shame the VRS is 11%)
Would like to hear how happy you are after 2 years, skoda have just taken mine back to factory due to the amount of issues its had, .ine done 86k in 30 months, loved it when it worked but hundreds of electrical issues
I’ve had 5 Octavias. Loved them all. They do have a personality - it just grows slowly over time. The only thing that would make me look at a car to replace our Soul EV at the moment would be an Octavia estate EV.
The gap in the cup holder is for the key and used for hard reset when you start the ignition. My alarm was going off and only way to reset it was to put it in that area, there is a sensor underneath
I've owned two Octavia Estates. Good solid dependable cars. Very comfortable, very usable. I believe the Octavia is Europe's most popular estate car. I liked the little lidded storage cubbies under both front seats. Ironically, current Skodas seem as well built ( if not better ) than some VW's....... A very underrrated car, the Octavia. This Octavia PHEV makes the Mitsubishi one look 20 years out of date. The fact you seemed so relaxed driving the Octavia says it all.
Having watched your video again I will certainly be looking at this car. I also watched your most recent video about used/new cars in 2022 so I wonder what the prices of these are now ?
The main issue I have with a lot of the PHEVs is that you can't rapid charge them. I have the Outlander PHEV as I can plug it into Chademo and have 80% in 20 minutes. Alright it only gives me an additional 25 miles range, but if the battery is low, I can at least use EV power in towns. My next car will be an EV, but for me the Outlander is the best of all worlds currently. As usual great content.
Love EV’s but you’re right some cannot accommodate them. Love the show and was taking the piss a bit as I know you made this point loads of times. Sorry but couldn’t resist. Keep going with your great show. . By the way, I live in the west of Ireland and the weather is worse than Yorkshire believe it or not.
Awesome review. My work are replacing the current cars with these, something i'm looking forward to. How reliable are they without charging as I don't have facility to, in a terraced 1st come 1st served with parking estate? Heard the 12v sytstem relies on charging up from the HV sytstem.
Hi EVM. Thank you for a great video. I have heard that in some PHEVs, economy suffers because the internal combustion engine will come on automatically when you do certain things such as run the air con etc, effectively meaning you can never have an electric vehicle while the air con is on. Does the Octavia suffer from this? Thank you
The MB A250e claims 44 miles E range. I''ve seen upper 30s now the weather is getting warmer, but on zero degree winter days it was down around 20. 0-60 in 6.6s though, drives like sheet off a hot shovel!
If you are impressed with this , it would be good if you got hold of a Skoda Enyaq which also seems to out trump the Volkswagen id4. Octavia looks good and a couple of years ago I would have considered getting one but now would prefer to go full electric
Panel gaps : sold my model 3 last week, my Enyaq was built on Thursday last week and 2 days later passed quality control. If only tesla checked before shipping to the customer. It's not hard.
My problem with me going electric is the need to tow a small trailer tent and pure electrics aren't up to that (within my budget). So a PHEV seems the best available option for me. Was looking at the Outlander but this seems another possibility. Much cheaper.
There seems to be alot of owner complaints regarding software issues with majority of this model which affects the use of simple things like aircon and major things like car hitting brakes as the car thinks there is an object in front it. Has this now been resolved or is Skoda still denying there is an issue?
At 7:53 when starting up the range gave a reading of 360miles &3 miles battery..assume if battery when full as you say gives 30mile, that only equates to 390miles. My vrs estate petrol does 400miles on a single tank, my diesel before that did 550miles on a single tank. A small 1.4 in such a big car &heavy with the batteries doesn’t seem the right pairing. A good idea in principle but not very well thought through in terms of execution and performance. Any chance of getting a bigger engine to pair with it?
there are PHEV cars with the option for AWD without driveshaft: Volvo range, Lexus 400h, Peugeot/Citroen/DS. Some even have flat back rows just like and EV
When talking to Skoda in Crewe back in 2018 when I got my Ioniq BEV, I said if they had done the Octavia like VW did with the Golf and make it an EV version too I would of bought one back in 208 and it would of sold like “hot cakes” , but they didn’t and I think they dropped the ball at that point as they could of possibly out sold the E Golf
Ampera is ancient tech now and servicing is expensive. Think it was something like £300. A few grand more now gets you a 1st gen Ioniq ev. 150 mile+ range in Summer.
@@TeaBreak. Oh I had no idea, yeah I don't know too much around the older PHEVs. I'll have a look at the Ioniqs, currently looking at the 250 mile Zoe's
@@TeaBreak. In the US it's called the Chevrolet Volt. The 2016 to 2019s get about 53 miles all electric, then the engine acting as a generator comes on to charge the 18 kwh battery so it almost always drives electric.
@@howiemeltzer7040 We only got the first gen in the UK. It was car I really wanted to buy but did the math. Spending an extra £10k on a near new EV meant the fuel savings paid for the dearer car. Problem with hybrids is you are stuck with a fossil engine and chasing mpg still and expensive servicing. Made the jump to full ev, and just think anything with a fossil engine is rubbish now. Instant max torque at any speed, never gets old.
Hi EVM - I wonder how this would compare to the Kia Optima Sportswagon PHEV? Does Kia offer better electric motor efficiency and range or have VAG improved and now have some of the leading estate PHEVs? Pleeeeease do a review of the latest BMW X5 45e PHEV with 20+kWh battery. Would love to see you review that given the potential range of it...i think it's the longest range PHEV apart from perhaps the Polestar 1 maybe?!
Yes that perked my interest when he mentioned the car with a higher range battery and a smaller engine that would be a good compromise for people who do above average mileage and don’t want to get caught out with our poor charging network.
12:57 - price. £34k list - available for £28k. Seems a lot for a dying technology when I can get an Enyaq 62kWh ecoSuite with a few decent options for £34700 without trying. Other than I really don't like SUV's! The only EV 'estate' is the not a proper estate MG5 and they are out there for £22k new (albeit pre-reg). Come on Skoda. Lets see the your battery estate!
How about the DSG gearbox? I have 1.0TSI 110hp Seat Ibiza FR with DSG7, was very happy about it, although you can feel it switches gears and it annoys me trying to pull away from intersections/roundabouts with second gear all the time, although the car is quite powerfull, the DSG gear changing is not so good. I have for parents DSG with diesel and I have tested few other cars with DSG, they all do the same. And it annoys me now even more, when I have an Seat Mii electric, there is no gear change and instantenous torque, no lag etc. I have expierenced only similar fluent driving only with Toyota Hybrids - yes, they make that annoying reving sound, but they don't lag as much and don't make a lot of this noticeable gear changes. As I understand in EV mode the car probably drives very good, but how DSG is in petrol mode?
Lot of snidey comments on here. I'm currently on holiday in my Niro phev. I've seen one charge point all week and can't get anywhere near a socket to plug in and charge. If anything 3 years of phev ownership have taught me the time's still not right to go full EV, unless I want to spend most of my holidays hanging round service stations in the hope a charge point is there, free and actually working.
Unfortunately no spare wheel. I have the 2021 iV hatchback and there is a cavity forward of the cable stowage area but it just contains the emergency inflation kit etc.
Seems like road noise lets this car down. I test drove a Seat Leon PHEV, much the same car, it had poor road and wind noise and at slow speeds the pedestrian 'wailing' noise could be heard in the cabin thus spoiling the quiet electric running. I might test drive the Superb PHEV, hopefully it will be quieter.
The point is for company cars. Reduce the BiK tax you pay, and have the fuel paid for by the company. That is the point. ICE engines are disgusting on company car tax.
The best system you described was used in the original Ampera. No idea why this was not developed further. A car with 60 to 80 miles electric range plus a light 1 litre range extender (300 mile) seems ideal.
at the time, vauxhall was owned by GM, quite anti EV...the dealerships didn't even bother trying to push them, and it wasn't helped that it was mostly seen as a company car(with just 2 rear seats...).. i always maintain that if they'd put the drive train in a zafira...they would have sold tons of them..
Something to consider is that if you buy a fully electric car in ten years you will have a massive bill to replace the battery however as a plug in hybrids battery is only a quarter the size of the fully electric cars it should be economic enough to replace the battery and get another ten years out of the car.
i would suspect it would revert to a normal hybrid... the prius plug-in saves enough battery for it to revert to working as a standard hybrid.. of course company car drivers won't bother....they'll get it for the tax incentives- but after that, they'll have the company fuel card...not as if it costs them anything..
Yup. Also the charge port is in a dumb place on all of the VW PHEVs. Give me a Mercedes MFA car any day. Something like the CLA isn't as practical as the Octavia, but it's a far better PHEV.
1) Not a REX not the best plug in hybrid. 2) No mention of towing weight so no point over say a MG5 estate EV. 3)Heatpump? or will it still kick on the ICE engine when heating/AC so no smoke free school runs even. Seriously we need to dump series hybrid design completely for REX. You lose so many EV benefits in a series hybrid.
No cars except massive saloons should be allowed to be grey (primer coloured superminis are a crime against humanity) but whatever colour you buy an Octavia in, make sure it's not taxi white!
@@ElectricVehicleMan Not when you take off the savings in petrol you don't need to buy with a model 3. In a few years you've got your money back and are making a profit. PHEV's are a danger to the planet too.
@@johnodell5310 You do not save £13k in fuel! And do you really believe everyone can get a full EV right now? Clearly not. Oh and EVs don’t save the planet, they’re better than ICE yes, but don’t think if you have one you’re saving anything. Personal transportation isn’t good, so if you want to help save it, stop using any car!
There's no option for petrol engine only. When on hybrid if the power demand exceeds the electric max boost level the petrol engine will kick in. Having said that, the switch between electric and petrol is seamless and the little 1.4 is very nippy and quiet.
@@ElectricVehicleMan plus it helps drivers to transition to the concept of using a charging station also as there is a battery shortage even if you could persuade everyone to switch to full EV’s tomorrow there just wouldn’t be enough batteries to go round. Personal now that I’m not doing high mileage due to a certain world wide problem I don’t need to rush to change my diesel car so can wait to see if Tesla bring out a model two, before this I was considering a PHEV as not everyone has 50k to drop on an EV I’m talking an EV that has decent range.
Why, Why Why? does Skoda go to the trouble of fitting an engine, gearbox and the hundreds of other mechanical components necessary to propel a vehicle on fossil fuel...and then make it more complex by combining an electrical drivetrain with a small battery, each lugging the weight of the other about, surely it would be easier at the manufacturing stage to just bung in batteries and a motor ... Crazy!
PHEV ? - That's a 100% NO GO !! All we need are BEVs for all purposes, starting today ! No matter what the producer tells any future possible customer, a PHEV is never an option, as it is still in the idea of the dinasores !!
@@ElectricVehicleMan Yes, everyone can get a BEV. Even used once.. There is absolutly no purpose for using a PHEV! The PHEVs just collect the worse of both worlds.. they stick to bad fossils and have a too small battery, with bad charging speeds.. just to find itself too heavy and are not even charged up too frequently unless you have your own charger at home. You take away the charging-points from the BEVs if you go to use CCS with a PHEV. So all summed up.. it's a definit NO GO for any kind of PHEV!
@@ElectricVehicleMan But to make it clear.. it's usually also the big mistake of the producers, who would not offer BEVs to ppl who want to buy a new car. So, they should also offer free conversion. So any kind of old car, can be transformed into a BEV. There are companies, that actually do it, sadly not for free. At the end the oil-industry has to pay for the conversions, if they want to be existing in the next 10 years!
So everyone can charge and afford a BEV? You honestly believe that!? Towing etc isn’t a problem either? The cheapest used EV is about £5k and will do 60miles. You genuinely believe everyone in the UK can afford a £5k car before we even contemplate charging at home etc? I’m sorry, you need to wake up and look around.
@@ElectricVehicleMan Well, I believe, that not everyone needs a car themselfs at first place. 2. Of course there can be ppl who have horses, with huge trailers, that might not yet have the chance to change immediatly. But the longer they run with the old car, the more it will cost.. ow.. it will go up in price very fast.. like double in 2 years. A decent car costs around £20k ! Or else it is not a save way to travel. you better use public transport if you can't afford that. ( just to say.. I do not own any car!) The total number of cars on the streets need to be taken down by at least 50% in the next 2 years! It might sound crazy.. but unless we act now, the climate crises will cost too many lifes and drillians of billians .. just to understand, that the damage that has been made by humans to the nature.. can NOT BE repaired !
ok, so this should have a big sign throught the video PROMOTION for Skoda. Nothing else. A lot of promoting Skoda but nothing relevant in terms of EV. First of all, WHY the hell should anyone pay 30+k for a cacophony of a vehicle? PHEV is a cacophony, has all the worst parts of combustion and electric tech. Phev have drastically smaller fuel tanks, so less range. Phev have small battery that charges slowly, so can't use in long trips (to say, combine with gas range to drive longer) But hr hurr, i drive daily less than 30 miles and fo whatever reason i can drive longer when i need. Well, hoopty fucking do, the same can be done with the ID3 60 which is similarly priced to this skoda. Phev carries the battery and all ev tech which means the gas engine is pulling more weight around and consumes more fuel than the simple non phev version. So you have smaller gas tank and increased fuel consumption. If you buy a phev you definitelly need home charging because of slow speed outside chargers won't be very effective, wasting hours for it. So why promote the notion of a phev if you can do the same with an full EV, not draggin around the stupid combustion complicated and heavy parts. But hurr durr, if you drive 1000km or more, you can arrive like 1 hour faster than an EV. Are you a truck delivery driver than needs to do 1000 miles in the shortest time? No, if you go that long it's on vacation so you don't need to race to the destination. You will take breaks for eating and stretching your legs and toilet needs anyway. Please for the love of god, don't be a whore for money to the manufacturers, and don't promote idiocies, otherwise you will be a scumbag like the regular "journalists" Imbecicles that eat the shit from automotive manufacturers marketing and spew in into the public. Notions like "four door coupe" "suv" "suv coupe" "turbo" (although it's an EV - Taycan). Those individuals have lost their credibility as journalists. So will you by promoting stupid tech.
Here we go again! Question. Do you think 100% of people can get a BEV right now? Afford it, charge it? In fact no, just watch this and wind your neck in! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t4AFWKpaBiU.html
You make no sense. Tank size does not matter.. it takes literally 1 minute to refuel gasoline. No, they do not consume more fuel for pulling the weight, this is not a Toyota Rav... The gasoline engine alone has a god consumption, better than many gasoline alone engines. 1000km 1 hour early? Hah, you wish, let´s say 3 hours, easily regardless of the EV. You are another blind, clueless fanboy. I do drive an EV, and Turbo Diesel. One complements the other on different areas. Hybrid cars should have Diesel engines and then youd be doing 1500km in one go... but the nwe have all the idiotic hippies going against Diesel, even though it pollutes less than Gasoline.
@@Aphorism89 If you don't understand then please go back mowing lawns, clearly your intellect is far too limited. Tanks size has a major impact on limiting range and finding out a gas station, range anxiety, wasting time to fill out. It takes a minute in your lizard brain. What about the stopping time?! If you drive 1500km in one go, then you are breaking physics laws, or you are a robot. Nobody in the real world needs that.
