Whether you‘re sitting in an electric vehicle for the first time or looking for an answer to your question / problem about the electric Citigo, you‘ll find everything you need on this page. Electric vehicles have a few specifics, but there is nothing to worry about, driving
them is easy and fun.
Disconnecting from the charging station
All Autonapůl electric vehicles are located in fixed parking places connected to charging stations or wallboxes. This means that after starting the reservation it is necessary to release the charging cable first, store it in the trunk and set off. The Škoda CitigoE iV has one important specific feature – to unlock the cable from the charging socket in the vehicle,
it is necessary to press the unlock button on the remote control key. The vehicle then releases the charging cable lock and you can disconnect it from the vehicle. To disconnect the cable from the charging station, use the black chip on the vehicle keys and follow the station‘s instructions. Put the cable into the trunk and you‘re ready to go.
Starting and driving
Another thing may surprise you after sitting behind the wheel. Like any other electric vehicle the electric Citigo is automatic, the gearbox is completely missing and the electric motor has just one gear. So the gear shift just selects a drive mode: forward – D/B, reversing – R and parking mode – P. It has two forward modes – common D – and B for intensive recuperation when you release the accelerator pedal. To select B mode
(intensive recuperation) move shift further from position D. The vehicle can be started only with the shift in position P and pressed brake pedal! Starting key shift has similar positions like a classic combustion vehicle, first it turns on electronics and then one more step to start the vehicle. Instead of a sound of the engine, it only beeps and displays READY. And only then the vehicle is really started and ready to drive.
Charging and ending the reservation
Charging is easy, open the fuel lid, press unlock on the vehicle’s remote control to release the covers, similarly as during releasing the cable, and connect the cable that you disconnected when picking up the vehicle.
Use the black chip on the vehicle keys to authorize and start charging.
During your reservation, you can freely use the public charging stations
provided by ČEZ, PRE or Teplárny Brno.