Cherry wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 4:23 pmI have no idea how they work. Surely one company has created a common sense simple charger that does not rely on wifi or sims to determine cheap charge times via user input of times.Utumno wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 4:17 pm
Please see my demystifier post earlier for how these things actually work, versus how you think it should work, but doesn't.
None of us has any clue what code is in Ohme's charger, including you. Best not to speculate and instead deal with observable facts.
You don't want the risk of being charge by Ohme for their SIM card ? Fine, pick a charger that doesn't have a SIM card.
There is another alternative for you as well, but it doesn't quite work at the moment. You could get a thoroughly dumb charger installed and use the in-car charging timer. Unfortunately the ID.3 charging timer is unreliable for many people and reliant on getting fixed by VW. The "dumb" charger approach is the one taken by my Dad, but he drives Tesla and the app works
Incidentally, I'm assuming you know that the ID.3 you have on order only provides free app access for a limited time, and after that an annual charge will be levied by VW to keep the car attached to the mobile network and to your mobile phone app? Just like Ohme...