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- Tue May 02, 2023 8:13 am
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: Dimples above each door
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1108
Re: Dimples above each door
Hi All, I know that VW have said that installing a roof rack/bars is not permitted, but I noticed yesterday that there are 2 dimples in the top of the body work at each door location. What are these for if not for a roof rack? I'd heard this too, but I've also seen at least one ID.3 round here with...
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:43 am
- Forum: Faults & Technical
- Topic: Zappi charging slowly
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6392
Re: Zappi charging slowly
What's your ambient temperature when charging and could this have any impact? I've seen my own car (Cupra Born) drop below 7kW when charging to 100% when ambient temperatures drop significantly, although in my experience it needed to be well below zero to make a significant impact. For example, last...
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 1:01 pm
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: VW, you are costing me money every time I charge
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3428
Re: VW, you are costing me money every time I charge
If it's that important, there are plenty of other options for dual-rate charging that don't have any dependencies on the car. Mine is a simple "2am-6am, 10p/unit" rate, so I just make sure that I only charge the car then and job's a good 'un. Could always switch to something like this and ...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:21 pm
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: 200 kw charger
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4984
Re: 200 kw charger
Just look at all of those fans in that charger!
MTBF: 28 minutes.
MTBF: 28 minutes.
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:41 am
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: Tyre wear
- Replies: 54
- Views: 22516
- Fri Mar 24, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: Tyre wear
- Replies: 54
- Views: 22516
Re: Tyre wear
Cupra Born, Goodyear EfficientGrip 215/50R19 93T @ 8,900 miles:
4.8mm rear, 6.0mm front (lowest reading is in the centre groove)
No idea what they were at new, but clearly chomping through rears far more quickly than fronts.
4.8mm rear, 6.0mm front (lowest reading is in the centre groove)
No idea what they were at new, but clearly chomping through rears far more quickly than fronts.
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:19 pm
- Forum: Faults & Technical
- Topic: Charging KW
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9030
Re: Charging KW
Yes, absolutely you'll see a slow down above 80%, even at relatively modest charge rates, and especially in cold weather - mine wouldn't sustain 7kW on AC when it was -5C outside!
Good example from my 58kWh Cupra Born from last week (about 10C ambient):
Good example from my 58kWh Cupra Born from last week (about 10C ambient):
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:50 pm
- Forum: Faults & Technical
- Topic: Charging disappeared from app
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3051
Re: Charging disappeared from app
Had the same happening today. Spent a good amount of time figuring out what i did wrong for it to disappear. Now its back again so guess they resolved the issue. Cupra one went belly up around lunchtime for an hour or two, before returning to service of its own accord. Back end was chucking errors,...
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 2:02 pm
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: New / Updated ID.3 revealed
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7473
Re: New / Updated ID.3 to be revealed on 1st March
Interesting, especially the manufacturing plant. Does this mean that they'll have both Zwickau and Wolfsburg churning out EVs? If so, that can only be a good thing for future availability and a return to normal leadtimes (Max / Tour variants excepted, obvs )
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Chat
- Topic: kW verses kWh
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15230
Re: kW verses kWh
I wanted to gouge my eyes out when I read the other day of a charge rate being stated in units of "kWh/h"...
Oddly, I do get what they meant and it's not without merit, but the engineer in me was hungry for blood!
Oddly, I do get what they meant and it's not without merit, but the engineer in me was hungry for blood!
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:38 pm
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: Baby ID.3 on its way - awww, bless.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3349
Baby ID.3 on its way - awww, bless.
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/02/shrun ... g-baby-ev/
If nothing else, it's fascinating the lengths that they go to for testing, with the new car's guts more or less entirely hidden under a slightly modified ID.3 shell.
If nothing else, it's fascinating the lengths that they go to for testing, with the new car's guts more or less entirely hidden under a slightly modified ID.3 shell.
- Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:56 pm
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: VW Empty Promises True Or False
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7612
Re: VW Empty Promises True Or False
It's a completely mad situation and you guys truly have the patience of saints. A friend has just (yesterday) ordered a new leased Born for his wife, and has been told "31st March, very latest" for delivery. How on earth can this be reconciled against what the Max and Tour owners here have...
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 11:45 am
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: VW Empty Promises True Or False
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7612
Re: VW Empty Promises True Or False
Then when Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb 22 the Car manufacturers (VW, BMW and Porsche) lost 80% of the supply of wiring looms though incredibly by March 22 some factories in Ukraine had managed to continue manufacture and actually increase output due to demand but the impact was always going to be ...
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 2:35 pm
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: VW Empty Promises True Or False
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7612
Re: VW Empty Promises True Or False
For those still holding on, can I ask: why have you not cancelled? The ID3 is a nice car, but I wouldn't describe it as having any massive stand-out features in the current market. (Personally speaking, I cancelled my own ID.3 around 12mo ago when it became obvious that delivery dates were extremely...
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:41 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Chat
- Topic: A warning about houses fuses
- Replies: 14
- Views: 34268
Re: A warning about houses fuses
The fuse upgrade should be done free of charge by the DNO when they are notified (by your installer) that you have booked the install. This of course is if it is required. The installer should survey your property before contacting the DNO and the provide them with the correct information. Pretty s...
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:05 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Chat
- Topic: A warning about houses fuses
- Replies: 14
- Views: 34268
Re: A warning about houses fuses
I had a bit of a faff with mine. To get my charger installed, the installer insisted that I had a master isolator installed between the meter and the consumer unit(s). I paid for this to be done, and at the same time the chap doing it (Siemens, IIRC) said "oh, this is for an EV charger? Better ...
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:24 am
- Forum: Faults & Technical
- Topic: Home Assistant integrations
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15187
Re: Home Assistant integrations
Looks really good! I have to admit that my own is less inspiring! I am always getting remaining time for charging to be 0. Should that be active? Yes, works for me: Screenshot 2023-01-27 082326.png Seen odd things with different versions of the car though, so possible that this is another one. Are o...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:56 pm
- Forum: Faults & Technical
- Topic: Home Assistant integrations
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15187
Re: Home Assistant integrations
Hi, daern Do you have any update on the integration that supports Born? Is this a branch of the we connect ID? Yeah, there's a very workable fork of the ID.3 integration working well for the Cupra Born. Latest version is here: https://github.com/alangibson/volkswagen_we_connect_id/tree/feature/cupr...
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:43 am
- Forum: Faults & Technical
- Topic: Home Assistant integrations
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15187
Re: Home Assistant integrations
Have you or anyone else having problems with the integration basically timing out after a short period of time? I've noticed that everything is out of date usually within an hour and I have to reinitialise the integration again in order to see live data again. I've not seen it to this extent, but c...
- Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:00 am
- Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
- Topic: Post software V3.0 range…….
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4385
Re: Post software V3.0 range…….
Wasn’t particular hilly etc Largely motorway My experience is that motorways are pretty much the worst thing for range, especially if you sit at or near the 70mph limit. Hilly, cross country routes much less so as the regeneration seems to do a pretty good job of recovering most of the energy used ...