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@@vibe39 yes, when breaking the car will regenerate and charge batteries. In addition is worth mentioning that there are three driving modes that affects the battery charging: E mode - the car will drive on battery until is completely drain after that it will switch automatically to Normal mode which keeps the battery somewhere above 10-20% state of charge and then you have Charge mode which you force the ICE to charge the battery all the way up to about 80-90%.

@@ZEFElectric that one with the ICE is the B mode?

@@vibe39 no. B mode is like keeping the gears engage all the time (no free rolling). The modes I mention you select via a button on the middle console. B-mode you select by pulling down the shift stick - in other cars this is Sport and the car will use engine breaking a bit more than normal. Not to confuse but in this car there is another button GTE which activates the most sportive driving mode of the car - ICE engine power will be combined with electric, better response to acceleration so on - is simply a different car.

@@fahidkhan788 depends if is a good price on the market you are in, some tax advantages and possibilities to charge free/cheep. In one of my video I was talking about battery degradation that you can expect after 4 years. I think in your case you can expect higher degradation. GTE is a great car but I do not know what troubles you can expect after 4 years or so (I gave mine back to leasing after that).

​@@ZEFElectrichey mate thanks for your reply yeah i can understand that there is degradation but what i am actually trying to understand that because its a model from 2017 and like 7 years old battery where the current mile 73k miles /118 thousand km .The price quote is based from Finland so should i consider it for my daily drive ?

@@fahidkhan788 Passat GTE is a great daily driver. I think close to 120tkm there is a big maintenance coming which includes timing belt and oil in the gearbox. You should consider these as they can add up some amount. Other tips, check if the car had all the regular maintenance that it needs to including oil in gearbox which is critical for this type of DSG (I believe is every 60tKm).

@@ZEFElectric thanks mate .Really thanks 🙏

Thank you and welcome here. When I give my GTE back to leasing at almost 140.000 km, the break disks and pads looked like new. The regenerative breaking on the GTE (if used properly) does the job instead of the friction breaks. So, yes, changing disks at 40.000 sounds a bit odd to me unless they are changed for different reasons e.g. long period of the car not being used. Good luck with choosing the car!

@@ZEFElectric Thank you v much, some signs of car being out of use for some weeks, possibly more. Light corrosion on the aluminium electric components in the engine compartment. No reason to be concerned I think, mileage looks genuine and no sign whatsoever of interior wear so that correlates. A lot of cash (for me) but I am certain that those who rule us over here albeit with 20% of the popular vote will HAMMER the private motorist with ICE only power!

Evening ZEF, not sure if you can help but before test driving the car today I asked the company to charge her up so that I could check the range on battery only: 19 miles only! I was about to walk away from the deal but after a deliberative discussion we came up with the idea of testing battery health via the OBD. Batt state of health 92.7%, max cell V 3798 mV, min cell V 3793mV, batt charge status 63.6% The difficulty is in the personalised data processing which provides the individual driver with expected range based on their driving habits. Apparently it can take two weeks to adjust to a new driver. During that period uncertainty exists, the transaction is £21,000 plus and there is no financial recourse! Bloody hell haha!

@@MaxPlankton let me try. Reading your message, it’s suggesting that you did actually not drive 19 miles but was the displayed range. Please confirm! If you drove the car and got 19 miles out of it, is probably good ish depending on the driving stile, climate so so. If is displayed range let me share how it was in my case. My car had driving profiles (I think is an option) and if I remember correctly, the profiles were ECO, NORMAL, SPORT and Custom. I noticed aspects like lights, engine steering, climate control was behaving different between these profiles. You will ask what this has to do with display range? Well, a lot. For instance, when the car was brand new, the maximum displayed electric range was 53 but, only if the car was in ECO with AC off! When turning the AC, the displayed range dropped substantially (partially dependent on the outside climate) so much that in NORMAL with AC on the max displayed E range with full battery was in low 40 Km. When the car was 1 year old, there was a software recall by VW and I recall “loosing” something like 5 km of max displayed range just like that… In reality, driving like a nanny, no wind, straight roads (nonstop and go traffic), no AC I could get about 48KM of E range when was brand new. Most important, in my case, the car did not seem to adjust the displayed E range based on previous driving stile - it did on the overall total range, GOM but never on the E range (that was 4 years ago and I do not know if VW change that but I really doubt that is the case). 93% state of health sounds OK ish considering that in the first years these batteries degrade the most rapid (aging). Two advices for you: 1. Ask the company to charge it again to full, go there when is full (shown also on the WeConnect app - if available), turn the car in the most economic mode, turn off AC and read the E range. If time allows and weather is dry and not too windy (I know that can be a challenge in UK) take it for a “nanny” drive. In 30 mins you would know the real E range. 2. Considering the price tag, have you considered a full EV? I drive a Tesla Model 3 after the GTE Variant and I tell you, M3 offers a lot of space and joy. I hope this helps!

@@ZEFElectric Very comprehensive reply and thank you for that. Yes I have asked the company to recharge and they have promised to reply in the morning. Due your very diligent reply I will have to study it again in the morning (my own generation 1965 battery is flat haha). Good for you in giving your time so selflessly!

@@Letseatbyaky welcome here! GTE ia a plug in hybrid and if the battery is at a certain charge level (something like above 10%) the car will start in the default mode “E drive” meaning full electric. However, if the charge level is lower or the car needs additional torque, it will automatically switch in “Normal” which is the typical hybrid drive you are used to from Prius. In this mode, the combustion engine will switch on and off when needed. So, no need to worry about, the car will do everything for you but my advice is not to keep the battery drained completely for a long period of time. With a full tank on German highways long trip I manage to do easy about 850-900 Km following the traffic with some areas with speed restrictions but also some sportive drives. I hope this helps and I wish you many kilometres without troubles in your fully loaded GTE ;) Subscribe snd stay tuned!

GTE is a fantastic family car. It offers a lot of space and comfort while in the same time is economical but also sporty when needed. The switch between the ICE/Electric drive is smooth and hardly noticeable - the electric engine is inside the gearbox so technically is not a switch as such but they work together in hybrid mode. For your every day usage scenario, if you want to drive only on electric, you will need to charge the car on both destinations as you will not be able to drive both directions only on Electric. If you have access to a domestic 220v socket will do the trick and that is generally the most economic way to charge the GTE these days. I do not know your local energy prices but count on approx. 5-6 kwh/20 km consumption on pure electric (AC and weather accounted for) and be aware that some public chargers these days have some hidden costs like: session starting fee, time limits or overstay fees and generally prices on public charging are quite high. Fuel consumption it depends on many aspects and I was never able to estimate it on short journeys or city driving as most of these for me were driving electric. On long journeys, I could easily drive 850-900Km with 50L tank (without being completely empty) on German highways following the traffic and some sections of high speed. I hope this helps!

Enjoy it, is a fantastic car in its class :)

Hello, welcome here. I no longer have the car but I recall that with a full tank and charge, I could easily do +850KM of driving on German Highway, mix driving of high speed and slow traffic. One of my usual trip was to go to Romania with this car and fill the car at Shell station on A12 by the DE boarder and refill it in Passau or Linz (750-850Km) and next was in Arad, RO (~800Km) without being fully empty at both refills. With the 100Km/h limit in NL these days you can easily achieve that :) I hope this helps.

Poate ce s-a întâmplat este ca mă bucur de mașină și nu am timp să prelucrez materialele filmate (care le am cu carul). Nu, nu îmi pare rău nici o clipă de alegerea făcută și sincer, nici nu mai am ochi de altă marcă. În 1,5 ani vine timpul să o schimb și 99% va fi tot o Tesla. Niște date colectate între timp, am 85.000 de KM cu ea, degradarea bateriei este undeva la 5% ceea ce este OK fără probleme majore la service - s-a stricat claxonul :), și costul total pentru încărcări este cam 3500 EUR (AC+DC+gratis). Între timp, primesc actualizări de soft aproape în fiecare lună și pot spune ca nu mai este aceeași mașină ca acum 3,5 ani - foarte multe îmbunătățiri și funcționalități noi. Cum am spus, “nu am ochi” pentru altceva chiar dacă urmăresc producătorii de pe piața. Chiar și când am închiriat, m-am orientat tot la Tesla - de exemplu am fost 4 sapt în America cu un Model Y (Long Range) am făcut peste 6.000 km și am plătit cam 250 de dolari pentru încărcări. Acum sunt în România și văd cum rețelele de încărcare s-au îmbunătățit considerabil dar sunt încă foarte scumpe. Oricum, de când am ajuns am făcut cam 1000 km “locali” și am încărcat doar de la priza domestică de 220v. Mulțumit de GTE? Seară bună!

Yes, I recall a gentle “shaking” occasionally but mainly in reverse.

Hello, welcome here! For me it was somewhat difficult to measure fuel consumption as most of my short distance driving was on full electric or a mix. Maybe the most relevant would be to say that my usual holiday drive was to have a full benzine tank at the NL/DE border on A12, drive all the way to Linz and still be left with 50-100km of range. So, let's say about 900km on decent highway driving following traffic and some speeding zones. I learned recently that my car had "adaptive LED" not really Matrix, difference being that "adaptive" seem to have some kind of mechanic way to follow cars while matrix is by turning on/off various elements of the light. Well, I can tell you the "adaptive LED" was already fantastic treating that shadow around upcoming it traffic in front. I do not believe you can identify that option from the papers of the car but is quite obvious on the photos by looking at the lights design. In some countries is part of some of the packages but you need to be familiar with the naming. 3-4 years old is 2020+ which is about 4-5 years after the model of the car on the video and I believe VW added few improvements on these newer cars (e.g. better connectivity modules). I hope this helps and good luck with the purchase!

Hi JP, welcome here. I go to RO few times with a Tesla. Having said that, I prefer Tesla superchargers but despite them expanding there are still some areas that you will not reach. Dutch charging providers covers some chargers in Romania but is limited to few and they are quite expensive to use in that way (I believe it depends what provider but I can tell you with Shell Recharge the coverage is limited, keep on changing and relatively expensive). I suggest you create few accounts with the following apps/providers: E-Charge/renovatio (ok coverage, they ask for money in advance), Enel X Way, EVConnect (crap app but good prices or free depends where you go), Polyfazer (crap app but good prices in some areas generally for AC, you can activate ALTEX chargers and some installed by city administrations). In addition, I suggest to get the PlugShare app to see where are the chargers in the area you travel and in the description of the most you can see what apps are used to activate them. I hope this helps.

Hello and welcome here! In one of my review about the GTE I mentioned that it was the time for me to give back the car to the lease and replace it with a full electric car so, I no longer have that car for +3 years now. In general, I still see them around quite a bit and they seem to age well if maintained and used correctly. You should definitely look at the maintenance done on that car (regular DSG oil exchange is a MUST) and check if and when the timing belt was changed. Battery degradation as such, as long as you are in the 60-70% area you should be OK at that age/milage. I hope this help and good luck with the acquisition.

@@ZEFElectric thank you!

Yes, it was the edge of the other door hitting my car. Sentry mode capture it and was claimed on the others insurance. Since that incident, I got another two debts - much smaller but still. There are many careless drivers around but somehow the shape of the Model 3 doors are also sensible to such hits (other cars seem to have the doors somehow more rounded in that area where you would usually get such a hit and by that they absorb such shocks without a dent in the metal).

With a full talk of Passat GTE (50L benzine and full charge), I could easily drive above 800Km on highway journeys (German highways 120-130Km/h with many speed restrictions due to roadworks or/and “stau” but also some “burst” areas with speed above160Km/h). One of my “routine” was to fill tank at Shell A12 in The Netherlands and re-fill in Austria just at the border (cheaper over there - Turmöl, Achleite) ~750 Km or even in Linz ~850Km (and still not be on complete zero). That should give a fair indication of REAL consumption on highway.

Indeed but sadly, is not the only incident since :( I have few more dents (not as big) from other people hitting the car with their doors. In addition, I have the impressing that M3 gets dented pretty easy maybe due to the shape of the doors. I try most of the time to park parallel away from other cars but is not always possible…

When the car was delivered new, it came with a domestic charger that you can plug to your standard domestic plug at home and to the Type 2 charging port of the car. So, if you have that charger, nothing else is needed except a good electrical connection handling 10 AMPs and you will be able to charge the car from 0-100 in about 4,5 yours. If you wish to charge in about 3 hours (fastest you can get in the GTE), you will need to consider a stand alone Type to charger which I will not recommend considering the costs and little gain that will bring, I hope this helps!

Pour ma part j’ai fait installer un prise renforcée Hager 3.7 Kw avec un disjoncteur dédié. Ça m’a coûté 650€ et je recharge en 3h , de toutes les façons ma Passat GTE de 2016 n’est pas compatible avec les bornes recharge rapide 😳👍

Hello, welcome here! During summer time on hot days when the car is parked straight in the sunshine, it can easily go above 50 Celsius inside the car (without having the “cabin overheating protection” on which I hardly do). I did not count exactly but it takes about 3-5 minutes for the car to cool down to about 23 Celsius. Remember, this car is equipped with octovalve+heat pump meaning the cooling system is dimensioned to also cool down the battery pack while charging at power of +200KW. One aspect I noticed is that setting temperature to 21 Celsius in Winter is comfortable however, in the summer setting anything below 23 Celsius will make you freeze inside. It seems to be getting better with the updates over the last year but I still find myself adjusting inside temperature from time to time. I hope this helps and I’m at your disposal for more questions. Cheers.

@@ZEFElectric Thank you for taking the time to write out that reply - I appreciate it. I'm getting my first Tesla this week so that's why I asked. Thanks again!

@Jonny94669 you will love it, enjoy!

Hello, welcome here! If I understand your dilemma correctly, you are looking at TDI vs GTE. Considering the purpose for your use, I imagine running cost is an important factor to consider. You will need to look at aspects like road tax (in many countries Diesel cars are highly taxed while hybrids are incentivised), maintenance costs/frequency (I believe diesel is generally a bit more expensive to maintain and on GTE you will hardly have to change breaks due to the regenerative breaking), fuel costs in your country (in many countries diesel is cheaper vs benzine) and charging capabilities/costs domestic/public/pricing (not a major aspect as the range with a full charge is not that big but it can contribute to some savings over time). You might also want to consider a second hand full EV considering the main purpose of your usage. Following some internet reviews, for instance Hyundai Ioniq (classic Ioniq) seems to age quite well and within your budget. I hope this helps.

Hi Philippe, welcome here. The usage in B mode was quite limited on the entire life of the car. I use it mainly when I’m “lazy” and want to drive in the city with one pedal only (the car will still NOT stop to a stand still), on mountain roads going downhill to increase the standard recuperation or on icy/snowy roads to increase engine breaking effect. The switch to and from B mode is super convenient by pulling down the gears shifter which is placed very convenient and usually you rest your hand there. I hope this helps.

@@ZEFElectric Thank you so much for your quick and complete answer. It helps me and conforts me in choosing my future car. Currently I own a Golf 7 GTD DSG6

@@ranttanplan Going for Passat from Golf is a big comfort upgrade. On the other hand, GTE will surprize you in terms of power. Go for a test drive one day ;)

Hello and welcome here! Without charging the GTE from an external source, the car will simply behave like a standard hybrid car. You will still benefit from the regenerative breaking and occasionally some silent drives but the combustion engine will kick in most of the time and you will not benefit from extended periods of silent drive. In terms of power, as long as you have the equivalent of 5-10 Km display range energy in the battery (15-20%) you will get the full power of GTE. On long journeys you do not “loose” much as the electric range is quite limited anyway. I hope this helps, subscribe and stay tuned!

Thanks for your video and tips Florin, I'm also thinking to buy this passat gte and I would like to know, in the conditions above, where you drive like a standard hybrid, without plug it in to charge, what would be the average consumption of this car, is it still economic?

@Leonardo.capitanio welcome here! Is a bit difficult question as on short journey most of my drive was pure on Electric mode or a substantial share of it. Probably the most relevant would be to say that on German highway (follow traffic and some section with traffic slow down but also high speed), with a full tank I could drive about 900km without problems. I hope this helps!

In hybrid mode the car will behave as any other hybrid - keep kicking on and off the ICE engine depending on the driving conditions. When breaking, the car will use regenerative breaking to recuperate that energy and the process is quite smooth once you are used with. The transition between electric and hybrid drive is very smooth so that you hardly notice when the ICE goes on/off. In hybrid drive, the car will try to keep the battery charge level around 10-20 km of displayed range.

@@ZEFElectric thanks for your reply. So in hybrid mode it doesn't fully deplete the battery?

@@Maurice_Moss Correct. Let’s say you start with full battery in hybrid mode. Initial part of the drive the car will use more electric drive (but not exclusively) and then maintain the battery state of charge to the level I mentioned.

I’m glad you asked. On the same photo, look at the driving time and the average speed. On that trip I was driving super sportive and you have to keep in mind that most of România back then had no highways and had to cross villages and traffic lights. I recall on that trip I was driving on GTE mode all the way and was so much fun - alone in the car but still quite loaded. I hope this makes more sense to you now.

Thank you. No, until 140t Km I drove this car the timing belt was not changed. There seem to be no specific interval for that but at around 160t Km the belt condition needs to be checked. Water pump is electric and does not change with the belt. I hope this helps.

Is quite hard for me to answer that as I hardly drove starting with empty battery and if so not for a substantial amount of time/distance. Data will be misleading for the first part of such a drive because the car will run petrol engine a bit more than usual in order to bring the state of charge of the battery to something like 10-15%.

Hybrid with empty battery is abt 3.5l/100km.

Well, it depends over what distance and driving conditions (city/highway). With a full tank of 50 litres and full battery on German highway I could do about 850-900 Km and not be completely empty driving with the traffic speed. That will be let’s say about 5 lites per 100 km.

Thank you for your comment and you are right about the engineer mind :) There is quite a difference between Ampera and Passat - size, comfort and type of drive. You know better which one fits your needs best but I will personally not see myself going to Ampera from Passat. If you aim for a full electric I will rather make an effort and go for a Tesla Model 3 (standard range if not long range).

For dutch it is, we don't have really cold winters anymore.

That trip was with four people, two adults and two teenagers with the car fully loaded. Since April to today (August) average consumption is 146 Wh/km (9 tkm) and since I got the car (December 2020 - three winters and almost three summers) average consumption is 161 Wh/km after 66,5 tKm.

Salut. Da, din cate stiu “powerplant-ul” este același si este împărțit cu aproape toată gama de PHEV din grupul VW. In 2016, VW au introdus modelele cu Connected Series care oferă ceva mai multe informații in aplicație decât ce era in 2015 “car-net”. Chiar si așa, pentru aceste servicii trebuie plătit abonament - detalii cu serviciile disponibile si prețuri sunt pe site la ei odată ce te înregistrezi cu VIN-ul mașinii. Mulțumesc de comentariu si toate bune!

Thank you and welcome here! If you have access with the car to a domestic socket, in my book that is best option for charging Passat GTE at home using the domestic to Type 2 adapter that usually comes with the car. Passat GTE does not really have option for fast charging so on domestic socket it takes about 4,5-5 hours for a full charge vs ~3 hours on 3,7kW (or powerful) AC Type 2 charger. If you plan to install a domestic Type 2 charger (in my book not needed for Passat GTE) you might want to consider a 7,4kW charger as that will be useful for a future full BEV car. Depending on your daily usage, you might want to limit the times you charge to 100% or at least schedule the charging in such a way to reduce the time the battery stay at 100% (they say that helps reducing degradation). Most important, don’t keep the car at 0%! Other than that, you can control the charging current (therefore power) in order to reduce the load on your domestic circuits if you have plenty of time available for charging (overnight for example). If your energy price is variable or you have solar panels you might also want to take advantage of that. I hope this helps.

@@ZEFElectric All clear and thanks a lot again for your great clarification and advice

Hi Rasmus. Welcome here and thank you for your kind words. Unfortunately, I’m not aware of the problem you indicate here, neither in the old or the facelift models. Sorry for that.

@@ZEFElectric No problem :) In your opinion, is it worth opting for a model that has DCC? I'm a little unsure if it adds value to the average consumer. I'm looking into the Passat as a "family car".

@@Rapt0rjezus1 DCC option is quite hard to find on the SH cars, is adding cost and complexity on the car and in my opinion is something not needed, at least I did not feel the need for it and I used the car as a “family car”. Even when driving a bit sportive or off road, I could live without it although someone could argue that I do not know what I miss :)

Like any other car, purchasing a SH is like a bet :) But yes, if the condition of the car is good and not an excessive battery degradation I still recommend the car. In most of the cases, if the battery goes wrong, it is only a part of it electronic module/cell which these days can be fixed (some service centres take care of that). A brand new battery module is indeed very expensive however, there are also SH options from about 2,5 K EUR up - search for 3Q0915590E (9,8kWh) or 3Q0915590L (14kWh) - I do not know if they are interchangeable. I hope this helps. Please remember to like and subscribe :)

Thanks for the informative review. You have to change oil every 15000 KMS? Also if you only drove on eletric mode?

@pete3036 I was servicing the car here in The Netherlands at the official VW and I asked the same question. They told me that it does not matter how much the car was driven on Electric mode, the oil needs to be replaced at every 15.000 km. I can tell you, most of the time the “used” oil from that car looked like new after 15.000 km. A lot of waste in my book :(

@@ZEFElectric Thanks for the quick reply, I currently have a Passat 2.0 TDI with long life service. That's could be a problem for me, I drive a maximum of 10000 kilometres a year and I don't want to go to the garage every year, I still have to add the winter and summer tyre changes and inspection. But for the kilometres I do, the GTE maybe would be the best option..

@@pete3036 if the car is out of manufacturer warranty, I believe you can still choose NOT to change the engine oil strictly to 15.000KM if you drive most of KM on Electric mode although I recall that was not that expensive to do. Do not compromise at all on the DSG gearbox oil exchange intervals which I hear is a critical topic on this type of gearbox!

Enjoy!

As far as I know, there is no specific interval but the recommendation is to change it at 160.000 km or around 5 years after an inspection of the belt. Note, water pump is electric and that needs to be replaced only if breaks down.

Welcome here and thank you for your feedback. I can almost guarantee that you will love the GTE experience. Look at other options as well as other manufacturers around 2020/2021 came with larger battery plug ins if that makes a difference to you. Enjoy!

Skoda superb iv is a good option too, identical drivetrain 👍

Hi Enes. Indeed, there are many fancy edited video reviews but very little with hones long term experience reviews. Thank you for your comments and Passat GTE is a fantastic car which I’m sure you will enjoy. It is also a step towards a full EV one day for you :) Give me some likes and subscribe if you feel like.

I do not drive Passat GTE anymore but when I give it back to lease at 140.000 km it felt like brand new (except reduced EV range as explained in my video). A friend of mine has one (also second hand) from 2017 and has over 200.000 km with no major issues. Besides the advices from my video, make sure the gearbox oil was changed at every 60.000 straight, apparently that type of gearbox is very sensitive to this topic and check the timing belt plus tensioner (water pump is electric). Good luck with the purchase and enjoy the Passat GTE!

@@ZEFElectric Ok mate I will follow your advice!!! Thanks for your time appreciated!!

Hello, welcome here and thank you for the feedback. The car in my video has some of the early LG Chem batteries with 75kWh nominal capacity while the newer models have 82kWh nominal capacity. I’m not aware of any major charge speed increase (the “break” point to drop below 100kw power is still around 55% SOC) but they did several adjustments on the overall thermal control to maximise overall efficiency (e.g. I noticed when is not that cold outside is no longer preheating the battery with the statues but probably with the heat pump). On the other hand, in practice, I try to SLOW DOWN charging speed because usually is too fast and me/family is not ready before the car is ready during our stops and I assume it also helps a bit on limiting degradation. Enjoy Tesla if you drive one. If you plan to get one, you can use my referral code and we both have some benefits ;)

I’m glad to hear that. Thank you!

Not always easy to do so. Thank you for advise and remark on the review. Feel free to watch other materials on my channel and subscribe for more!

Hello, welcome here! There are plenty of similar questions on the comments of this video which I will recommend you to read however, here are some specific answers to you. There are four ways that select the “behavior” of the car: 1) There is a selector button for driving modes next to the “gear shifter”. This selects the “E-mode” (driving just on Electric motor), “Hybrid” (car will switch between ICE and Electric or/and both), “Charge” (car will charge the battery from ICE and increases regenerative breaking); 2) There is a handy GTE Button in the console area which will put the car in the most sportive mode; 3) By pulling the “gear shifter” down, you put the car in “B-mode” which is increasing regenerative breaking - recommended for driving downhill or in the city as a “one pedal drive” (the car will not get to a full stop); 4) In the infotainment, you can select also some modes which are also linked to more than just the drive mode. E.g. lights, AC, steering so on. There are ECO, NORMAL, SPORT and INDIVIDUAL. I mainly use ECO for regular drives or NORMAL mainly in the night on dark roads. In ECO, matrix functionality of the lights(if equipped) will be turned off and the response of the AC is somewhat lagging but most of time is fine. Depending on your charging possibilities, in the city you will drive most of the time in E-Mode if you can charge the car before driving and this is the “default” mode of the car. When the state of charge is low or cold weather, the car will automatically switch to “Hybrid”. You can choose to override that and activate “Hybrid” a bit earlier if you know at destination there is no charging option. ECO is something in the general settings of the car (if the car has that option) which you will hardly need to adjust. On long journeys, you keep the car in “Hybrid” and enjoy, maybe occasionally switch to GTE when you want some action 😊 With a full tank of GTE (50L benzine and full charge), I could easily drive above 800Km on highway journeys (German highways 120-130Km/h with many speed restrictions lately due to roadworks or/and “stau” but also some “burst” areas with speed above160Km/h). One of my “routine” was to fill tank at Shell A12 in The Netherlands and re-fill in Austria just at the border (cheaper over there - Turmöl, Achleite) ~750 Km or even in Linz ~850Km (and still not be on complete zero). That should give a fair indication of REAL consumption on highway. City drive, I could do easily >2000 Km with a full tank (and a lot of charging) as I had periods of weeks/months when the ICE engine was not turning on at all 😊On a full charge, you will do 20-40km depending on the climate and driving style. I hope this helps, SUBSCRIBE and stay tuned!

I know for sure what I had :) My model had the Adaptive Matrix LED option which follows with a “U shape” of shade other cars ahead. You can’t miss it as it is more or less a “light show” on roads with no public lights. If you look at other models that has only LED you will also notice the interior of the headlights looks slightly different.

​@@ZEFElectric Passat B8 in this model year have only LED lights with DLA. It's not matrix. DLA light have completely different mechanism of shading vehicles, mechanical shade. Matrix light turning off and on the "diodes" themselves. Matrix lights are on another level.

@@mixam5599 this very same car has Matrix LED. I know what I’m talking about out.

@@ZEFElectric Car from your video have DLA LED lights (working with mechanical shade, like xenon headlights). Passat B8 after facelift 2019-2024 have MATRIX LED lights (no mechanical shade). This is matrix th-cam.com/video/u05X6LswmwU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TeknikensV%C3%A4rld and this is DLA th-cam.com/video/cEVZMEZw_L0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=VolkswagenBelgium

Ok, I see it now. I guess in real life the only difference is that Matrix will secure multiple shaded areas and traffic signs. Nice!