I wouldnt say fixed either but they have changed it.
Based on how it was behaving last winter it seems less inclined to come on now and the last few days have been down to 5°C.
Last winter I would have seen it pulling 9kW when I turned it on! Didnt see that this morning although that might have been down to the 6hrs of AC charging too.
More testing required I think but the cabin pre-heating does heat the battery which is exactly what you would want to happen.
cabin heating the battery ? the power all comes from the battery anyway not sure it would be more efficient ? but can see on a day where it's sunny warming up the cabin where this could be cycled to the battery, not sure.
The battery heating doesnt come from the cabin but by starting the cabin pre-heating it causes the battery to be heated too as far as I can tell anyway.
If the car is plugged in, then it means you are not losing range as a result as the energy will be replaced by pulling from the grid. So, its not more efficient but it does affect range and influences charging speed if you get to a DC later in the day.
Oh yeah sure plugging into the mains helps range but doubt for most of us it would matter if plugged into the mains or not because both 58 and 77 Kwh offer decent range.
dont bother with it! Email the dealers individually.
Nice upgrades for prospective buyers if they come in without a price increase. The larger screen would be of no benefit to me but trim upgrades would be welcome given the price point of the car. Most of the reviews highlighted the lack of soft touch surfaces on the door cards and VW should have got this right first time. Still, perfectly happy with my MY2021 car and would be more interested in increased functionality via the app for all models down the line.
First VW ID car I've seen on the Supercharger since yesterdays announcement...
Yep I'm also happy with my 2021, VW need to be careful though not to change the id3 enough to cause heavy deprecation.
Larger screen would be of no benefit to me either. I either have google maps up all the time for traffic or radio on/Spotify or tunein/ Podcasts lol, think the screen is big enough for all this.
Love the preheating on a beautiful winters morning like today. Also appreciated the heated steering wheel after freezing office yesterday. Hands were too cold to type!
Can I ask if your heated seats and steering come on with preheating via the app or just the cabin heater? I was pretty sure that my seats and steering were on when I got to the car up until I got the message in the picture just over a week ago. Now the cabin heater is on and the cabin is toasty (set @23C) but seats and steering are cold. As soon as I sit into the car the seat and steering come on but not before. I really want to avoid a visit to the workshop at this stage if I can!
No they don’t. I’m not sure if I’d want them too until I’m sitting in the car as they don’t take long.
Question for those who got 2.3.
I've not got any prompt for the update yet but for the last two days my driver assist lights have been popping up shortly after driving off. They go off again after 30-60 seconds.
Is this how your cars behaved during the download or did the warning lights stay on during part one?
battery life live-streaming whats new in 3.0 software release at 9am our time.. hopefully some nice stuff coming as we've had no new features since launch over a year back, the app is crap and still can't even schedule the car to charge at a given time period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oydyy7PQCJc
Lads anyone interested in doing an ID3 meetup at some stage? Maybe we could do it at a Tesla SUC once they open up here for some divelment 😉
Well that was a waste of 5 minutes. coming in march and very little to get excited about..
I disagree, I think they've fixed or are fixing a lot of the UI issues
And in a later release the consumption and charging will finally be in kW
They've a ways to go, but there's definite signs here that VW are trying to improve things
Are ID.4's invited too?
Agreed, some of the more annoying things are addressed, but there are buckets more.
Their software team really are sh*t. It shouldn't take so long to fix the issues and the OTA updates should be universal. The 2.3 roll out to older cars has been going on for months now.
any improvement is welcomed but very little to cheer about IMO - i can't get excited about seeing the state of charge on the dashboard & them pushing apple music & spotify which you'll need a data subscription for that is 80EUR for 25GB & spotify will use that in very little time - that & you have spotify today on android auto/apple car..
It will be nearly 2 years since the first edition ID3 were launched and you still can't;
Maybe some of these will be there in 3.0 (i hope so) but we were promised 12 weekly updates that included new features like tesla do but that hasn't appeared.. I went with the ID3 as a stepping stone to an ID4 (wasn't out when i got the ID3) but i'm now started to look at other cars on the market and from a connectivity/features perspective they are miles ahead of the ID range..
Great car but features are still very limited. .
DO drive slower!
That's most of it. Regen etc will make a small difference but no amount of coasting is going to counteract driving at motorway speeds. It's a square relationship so x2 your speed is x4 the energy
Link below as an example - 444km range at 86km/h versus 284km at 122km/h average (58kWh battery)
insideevs.com/news/444065/volkswagen-id3-highway-range-test-results/ ... sorry can't post real links...
I heard Tesla chargers will be subscription only ?
Shame there's so few.
We really need 1 way to pay, having apps for each network is a joke. Just put a card reader so we can use out bank cards!
2 options i think - subscription & PAYG - the latter is very expensive mind you..
Instagram live: #SuperchargingtheID3
PAYG is €0.57/kWh, requires only the Tesla app
Subscription is €13 per month and €0.24/kWh. You can also sign up for 1 month instead of being stuck to a 12 month contract
Much better deal than anything Ionity are giving
Sure. Everyone that's not a Tesla, we'll block the place for the day 😂
When I'm trading in the ID3 I'll be looking for a smaller car and we'll be going bigger then when trading in the Karoq.
Small one for me for work and the bigger one then for family stuff.
I'd be interested to see the new VW Life that was announced or an ID2 in the next few years.
any talk about the irish sites opening up? castlebellingham would be great for my trips north as the single ESB charger is frequently taken..
The pilot is only in the Netherlands for now, and I believe the supercharger sites that were picked all have 10+ stalls.
If that's a requirement, Ireland may never open up.
If it's not a requirement, there seems to be talk that it could be early next year that Tesla opens up more sites in Europe (which will be much easier thanks to the CCS standard connectors, rather than the proprietary ones used in the US for Teslas).
For the streaming apps, I don't think you need to be tied in to the extortionate car data plan. I think @[Deleted User] (or someone earlier in the thread) mentioned that you can use your own phone as a data hotspot instead.
For updates that seem nice for me
Yes, would be interested. I suppose somewhere like Gorey Ionity would suit a lot of east coasters. Handy for South east, Dublin, Carlow etc. Also plenty of parking away from the crowds. Kilcullen would be another good location. Only problem for me is that there is a 50% chance I would be working..
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