Volkswagen ID.3 Forum

I know where not at winter yet but this afternoon got me thinking about the departure times option in the app, does the car use the outside temperature to calculate how long is required?

Also in the winter what temperature would you set the departure time to? I’m a little worried about the battery be drained but this is a feature I’d like to use.

Thanks in advance and hopefully we won’t need this option for a while

Do you mean in terms of charging, in terms of heating the cabin, or both?

It’s troublesome for many with charging.

Looking for info regarding pre heating the cabin and de icing the glass

I just do that manually in the app, I don’t use any of the in-car timers, sorry.

Same as Scott I do it manually, my routine is not that precise so when I did try it out the car had heated and defrosted as requested but I then didn't leave for another 30 minutes..

These are more daft questions (from me).
1. When setting a departure time to pre-heat car/battery, does it assume that the climate (clima) is already switched on? i.e I didn't switch it off in the infotainment system when I last left the car.
2. In the phone (iPhone) app, the setting for the air conditioning, should this be on or off for pre-heating? I think I have a problem differentiating between having the climate system (clima) switched on and having the air conditioning switched on.
3. Is there are visual to tell you what the actual temperature is inside the car? There is a visual indication about the outside temp and the required cabin temp.

I hope that gibberish makes some sense to someone.
Thanks