Electric Car Diary

Thanks Leo, not as cheap as I thought. €44 wouldn't be much less than a small diesel. I presume at home charging is much cheaper.
Most people charge at night (and if they have any sense at a night rate). My night rate is 9.89 incl vat, if i charge from nearly empty id be putting circa 60 KWH into at at a rate of 9.89 for KWH so under 6 euro. We are urban dwellers so normally charge once a week, twice if we have a longish trip that week. Use ionity around a half dozen times a year max.
 
Quick question please: I'm heading off for a couple of weeks. It's not that I think that someone would sneak around the back of our house and use our charger but if I flick the switch off at the 'fuse box, is that any harm?
 
Quick question please: I'm heading off for a couple of weeks. It's not that I think that someone would sneak around the back of our house and use our charger but if I flick the switch off at the 'fuse box, is that any harm?
No harm done, but I really wouldn’t bother.
 
FWIW all Ionity chargers will charge at your cars’ top speed and Tesla are in the process of allowing non-Tesla cars use their chargers as well, which again work at your cars’ max charging speed.
That's a bit incomplete. DC charge "speed" varies quite a bit and changes during a single charging session depending on a number of variables (current state of charge on the battery, battery temperature are the two main ones). You really only get the car's maximum charging rate at the beginning of a charging session if the state of charge is very low (below 10%) and the batteries are warm. And the charging rate will decrease as the car "fills up." After 80% charge it will slow considerably.

Best to think of the car's top charging speed as the peak figure but not a figure sustainable for a whole charging session.
 
That's a bit incomplete. DC charge "speed" varies quite a bit and changes during a single charging session depending on a number of variables (current state of charge on the battery, battery temperature are the two main ones). You really only get the car's maximum charging rate at the beginning of a charging session if the state of charge is very low (below 10%) and the batteries are warm. And the charging rate will decrease as the car "fills up." After 80% charge it will slow considerably.

Best to think of the car's top charging speed as the peak figure but not a figure sustainable for a whole charging session.
Depends on the car my etron gives pretty consistent speeds from low to 85 /90 percent.
 
Update: car has lost the infotainment screen and driver information screen as in both are blank. Transmission selection is still visible. Rang VW dealer whose advice was to leave it for an hour, ie 'switch it off and on again'. Tried this, no change. Rang emergency VW breakdown number which actually calls the AA. As promised AA van arrived within the hour. AA guy sat in the car, held the infotainment on/off button down for 10/15 seconds and, hey presto!, all back to normal.

Most peculiar! Going to get it checked by VW!
 
Perhaps software system in car was updating, should have requested your permission but once it's underway everything pretty much goes blank.
 
Perhaps software system in car was updating, should have requested your permission but once it's underway everything pretty much goes blank.
You may have something there. On Thursday, VW dealership rang to arrange a software update. Later that day, a message appeared on screen but couldn't read it as the car was moving. Forgot about it as I thought it was something to do with the booked update. Ya lives and learns!
 
You may have something there. On Thursday, VW dealership rang to arrange a software update. Later that day, a message appeared on screen but couldn't read it as the car was moving. Forgot about it as I thought it was something to do with the booked update. Ya lives and learns!
VW have an online tool to check for recalls or OTA update availability. perhaps that might confirm if yours was recently updated. You should also be able to see what version yours is currently running via the system directly.
 
@Slim. Just wondering after 12 months, what are your thoughts now on the ID4.
Love it with a few reservations, 1. Ride us too firm even on Eco setting, and 2. Lack of illumination for a/c and temperature control after dark, 3. Infotainment screen is very bright at night, 4. No 12v socket forward of boot area and, 5. The open area under the dashboard ahead of the centre console could be better utilised.
 
Can the ACC be set up to run at the speed limit + 5km/h for example?
You can set it for any speed but it will automatically slow down to speed limit when it passes the sign. You can override that at any time.
 
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