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by johnmfriend
Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:31 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: B Bloomberg: VW's software woes
Replies: 7
Views: 12530

B Bloomberg: VW's software woes

Brutal article on Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-09-01/porsche-boss-faces-software-woes-keeping-vw-steps-behind-tesla-tsla?utm_content=business&utm_source=facebook&cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&fbclid...
by johnmfriend
Fri Aug 26, 2022 8:11 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Chat
Topic: Solar + Battery thoughts
Replies: 25
Views: 25663

Re: Solar + Battery thoughts

Hopefully, this will be useful. In January, I paid £4.4k in January for 12 panels that at peak can generate 3.6kwh. No battery. In 7 months, I have generated 3.1mwh. Two thirds of that has been exported. I get paid just 5p per kWh for that. Roughly, half of what I use, is generated from solar. When ...
by johnmfriend
Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:48 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1637113

Re: Delivery time

ID3 Family Pro finally delivered a couple of weeks back after originally ordering nearly a year ago. Very happy with it. Has v3 software, but you need to download a software update to fix v3 before you can sync the VW id app with your car. And to download the software update you need to agree to a b...
by johnmfriend
Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:23 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: please recommend me a charger
Replies: 55
Views: 13911

Re: please recommend me a charger

I went to Fully Charged Outside Show last Sunday. There were a lot of charger vendors there. I spoke to about half-a-dozen of them. My particular use case is that I want to be able to connect up solar panels to the charger. My favourite, having spoken to them all, was WallPod from RolecEV. Previousl...
by johnmfriend
Thu Aug 19, 2021 7:12 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: VW Solutions PCP £1750 discount and paying off early
Replies: 16
Views: 15495

Re: VW Solutions PCP £1750 discount and paying off early

Has anyone done this when buying the id.3 through their business? The dealer told me that I can, but it's an unregulated finance scheme as it's being bought through a business. I want to check that I can pay it off early still. I'm thinking I might not get the 14-day cooling off-period.