A 13A charging cable should give 3kW, which will add about 5% per hour. If you charge for 7 hours overnight that should refill just over 1/3 of battery capacity, say from 45% to 80%, good for 60-70 miles.

I don’t think that makes any difference. The main recommendations are to only charge above 80% if you’re about to go on a long journey, and don’t do all your charging at rapid DC chargers.

You can reset it by holding your finger on the on/off touch sensor below the screen, hold it there for about 10-15 seconds

Volkswagen Electric Vehicle customers who switch a dual fuel home energy supply or have an existing dual fuel supply with Octopus Energy will be eligible for a £90 credit to their energy bill - see https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/electric/partnerships/octopus-energy I also have an affiliate link, for a...

I have one, but I haven’t used it yet. There aren’t many Ionity chargers in the UK, and several of them are currently free to anyone, no need to use a card at all - but these are typically throttled to around 35kw max. (I have used the chargers at Baldock and Boxworth near Cambridge, and I understan...

It sorted itself out the following morning

The main route to report bugs to VW is via the “Volkswagen ID. first movers club” private Facebook group: not the ideal scheme for bug reports.

The navigation system failed for me today - it stayed showing the position at my home, after I started to drive away. (My old TomTom had an on-screen GPS signal strength indicator, but I don't see anything like that on the ID3's nav screen) It has been working OK over the last 2 weeks (Edit: after r...

I phoned up VW insurance, they gave me a quote that was much better than Direct Line (even though they use the same underwriters!)

I decided to get a Zappi, with solar panels it can adjust charge rate to match their output. I have only used it in this way once so far!

The data plans available are: * 2GB/30days/€6.77 * 5GB/90days/€14.57 * 25GB/365days/€70.18 From CubicTelecom. (Not yet working, needs a future software update in the car) (The remote control of the car from the app is already working, but you can’t yet use any streaming services in the car, or use t...

I have now had my VW #ID3 for one week. My real-world stats (not a controlled range test) - after around 300 miles, avg usage is 17.0 kWh/100km, currently charged up to 77% and estimated range on dashboard is 176 miles based on my driving (works out to 228 miles for 100%)

Via facebook “first mover group”, I have found that you can get the user manual online via:

https://userguide.volkswagen.de/public/vin/login/en_GB

then enter the VIN number - but in place of the year letter L for 2020, substitute M for 2021
(ie wvwzzze1zMp019999)

I have driven around 200 miles now, so starting to feel at home in the car (after 8 years in a Golf mk6) and I’m happy with the handling and performance (although I haven’t exactly thrown it around!) Another big annoyance with the nav system, is that although the car has picked up the contacts list ...

See Chris from BatteryLife: https://youtu.be/FgyN7pdss7o My own experience over the first weekend:after 95 miles I was down to 55%, topped up to 80%, another 52 miles left SoC at 60% So total 147 miles for 65% of battery works out to approx 226 total. This was not all smooth and steady 56mph, it was...

Over the weekend I covered 147 miles, on a mix of A-roads and country lanes (as I had a weekend away already booked when the delivery date came through) I still need a bit of time to fully work through all the settings and screens, but I got the hang of the adaptive cruise control and lane assist fa...

Mine does not have the green badge on the number plate.

Volkswagen have confirmed that I had the first delivery of an ID3 yesterday!

I was trying to get an idea of the cost of insurance a couple of weeks ago, without the reg no of course, and most of the companies still don't list the ID3 on their website. I did get a quote from my current insurer (Direct Line) to update from my Golf - they offered to update the policy for an ext...