VW ID.3

My head would melt trying to figure out all the charge points in a foreign country + if they are available when we get there etc.

Though I was happy to see yesterday that I could get around 380 kms on a charge at legal limits in the Tour 5 or possibly at 100 Km/hr 450 +.

I reckon this time of year off the motorway at 14 Kwh/100 Kms the tour 5 could get 550 Kms on a charge or more realistically 500 kms or 341 miles before you'd need to be plugged in, I was easily able to achieve 14 Kwh/100 kms off the motorway the other day.

How do you fit a roof box to the id3 ?

Since I got 2.3 update I noticed much improved efficiency on shorter trips, I don't remember seeing the battery heater come on at all but will keep an eye on it in the cooler months.

I'd really like to see the option to pre heat for fast charging, I actually haven't fast charged since I got the 2.3 update to see if it made any difference.

I find the heat in electrics not accurate as in ICE cars, any ICE car with auto climate control I could set to 21 or 22 deg and it would be plenty warm in electrics I have to set it higher + electrics seem to blow out cold air once "warmed" up kind of counterintuitive really instead of just ramping down the fan, I hate the way it constantly blows cold air out the front vents, the I3 and Leaf were the same.

I had said a long time ago that I wouldn't expect existing cars to get 3.0 software in 2022, possibly end of 23 at the earliest and possibly never. So much for having a car with OTA update capabilities, VW have failed miserably but at the end of the say the car is performing well and I am quite happy with it and the range so there really isn't much to update, the only real update that would do wonders is allowing proper fast charge and decent charge curve even my old i3 could take full power all the way to 85% that was 2016 tech though a cold i3 battery could charge at as little as 22 Kw because as usual the battery couldn't be warmed up prior to fast charging which was another major reason I was delighted to have the Rex.

Would have to be a lot more chargers than here.

Yeah they go from one extreme to the other, be nice to give battery conditioning as an option along with preheat for fast charging.

I wonder would low battery temps effect acceleration and regen ? I noticed sluggish acceleration in the i3 if I hadn't it plugged in and preheated, it only heated to 10 deg C but it's intention was to allow max acceleration and regen.

I'm just happy I don't need to rely on fast charging much because the slow charging speeds would drive me bonkers but as I said I wonder how 2.3 would have effected the charging curve, speed if at all ?

Google says 10hr 23 mins to get to get to her folks place in Germany, 1,023 Kms from Cherbourg. I'd have to stop a lot for the Boys anyway, they'd go nuts for that long in the car lol. Stop in Paris along the way but I never drove on the right..... It's a lot of time travelling out of holidays.

It's a pity Google Maps doesn't show the charger locations on route with the ability to select the different providers.

@79 c per Kwh it wouldn't be cheap.

I've had issues with it before not working properly on my phone.