ID3 Home Charging
I haven’t tried yet, from what I read elsewhere there was a We Charge issue this week that stopped it working with some partners (including Osprey)
Hello Scott, I too traded in my Leaf for an ID3 Life few days ago, have Octopus Go, PodPoint and as you guys am quite disappointed not to be able to schedule the charge (VW I hope you are making notes).
I wish to thank you for all the useful info you shared on this thread so far. I will look into the Agile option.
May I please check what is the £500 credit you guys mention here? Wish to check if I am eligible. Thank you in advance
Leaf since May 2018, ID3 Life since Dec. 2020
@miki, the £500/2000kWh credit is a 12 month VW offer for charging at some public chargers (mostly but not entirely Ionity ones). Look on the WeConnectID app at the We Charge section in your profile. You can apply there but I don’t know whether it’s a deal that has ended now. If you can’t get it to work it’s definitely worth asking your dealer.
Timed charging is supported from the 2.0 software onwards, we will all have it once the general rollout of 2.1 happens in Q1.Miki wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:53 pm
Hello Scott, I too traded in my Leaf for an ID3 Life few days ago, have Octopus Go, PodPoint and as you guys am quite disappointed not to be able to schedule the charge (VW I hope you are making notes).
I wish to thank you for all the useful info you shared on this thread so far. I will look into the Agile option.
May I please check what is the £500 credit you guys mention here? Wish to check if I am eligible. Thank you in advance
The £500 credit is only for owners of the 1st Edition.
we have off peak electric which we used on the the BMW i3. just had to modify my 7kw EVSE by adding a £12 timer from amazon, tried it last night worked a treat. ID3 blinks red for a minute when you insert the plug with no Control Pilot but then happily goes to sleep and wakes up when the EVSE fires up at midnight. will do until we get the software update.
Very interesting, what is the name of the product?
I’ve had a notification from VW about the software upgrade as follows:
Before 2020 comes to a close, we would like to keep you updated about the promised ID.Software update for your ID.3, which we are currently anticipating will be available from the first quarter of 2021.
As soon as the software update is available, we will be back in touch and your Retailer will arrange an appointment at a convenient time to have the update carried out. This update will need to be carried out at a Volkswagen Retailer. We are currently anticipating that the update will be available February/March.
Enhancements
In addition to the promised App Connect (across all ID.3 trim levels) and the augmented reality Head-up-Display (on Tech, Max and Tour trims), the ID.Software update will also provide your ID.3 with these additional functions:
Charging
The automated introduction of charging stops in the navigation using more than 85,000 charging points across Europe. Plus the capability to send charging Point-of-Interest (POIs) from a smartphone to the car navigation system. What’s more, the charging timer function enables users to schedule charging in relation to the planned time of departure.
Air Conditioning
The time-controlled air conditioning system allows the vehicle to be air-conditioned according to the desired departure time.
Driver Assistance Systems
Connected Active Cruise Control (Connected ACC) allows Car-2-X, communication and situation adaption of travelling speed.
Infotainment Functions
The digital car manual enables users to find car information via speech control. Web Radio can also be used to play internet radio stations via the ID.3 infotainment system.
As part of the continuous product development, the update will also contain numerous performance improvements and software changes.
I’ve had a notification from VW about the software upgrade as follows:
Before 2020 comes to a close, we would like to keep you updated about the promised ID.Software update for your ID.3, which we are currently anticipating will be available from the first quarter of 2021.
As soon as the software update is available, we will be back in touch and your Retailer will arrange an appointment at a convenient time to have the update carried out. This update will need to be carried out at a Volkswagen Retailer. We are currently anticipating that the update will be available February/March.
Enhancements
In addition to the promised App Connect (across all ID.3 trim levels) and the augmented reality Head-up-Display (on Tech, Max and Tour trims), the ID.Software update will also provide your ID.3 with these additional functions:
Charging
The automated introduction of charging stops in the navigation using more than 85,000 charging points across Europe. Plus the capability to send charging Point-of-Interest (POIs) from a smartphone to the car navigation system. What’s more, the charging timer function enables users to schedule charging in relation to the planned time of departure.
Air Conditioning
The time-controlled air conditioning system allows the vehicle to be air-conditioned according to the desired departure time.
Driver Assistance Systems
Connected Active Cruise Control (Connected ACC) allows Car-2-X, communication and situation adaption of travelling speed.
Infotainment Functions
The digital car manual enables users to find car information via speech control. Web Radio can also be used to play internet radio stations via the ID.3 infotainment system.
As part of the continuous product development, the update will also contain numerous performance improvements and software changes.
That’s talking about the 2.1 software, but timed charging (and everything else mentioned in that email) is also in 2.0 which workshops and the factory can install now.
It seems that many dealers are only installing 2.0 on cars with faults that the updates fix, rather than just to gain the extra features - so list any faults/warnings when you contact them. They have to get VW to approve the update for your VIN as part of the process.
I waited a while before contributing to this particular thread as wanted to have tested the charging a few times first! Having done that I wanted to share a positive news story about a different brand of charger I've not seen mentioned on this forum:
I have an Andersen (the A2) - and I can't recommend it enough. Already have an I-PACE and so have been using the charger with that for 18 months already - wanted to ensure it worked as well with the ID.3 - and it does. The charger has a fantastic app that allows me to do pretty much whatever I'd want from a charger I think! (including timed/scheduled charging etc. - so regardless of what functionality the car has the charger seems able to manage it!). The charger itself is able to be integrated with solar and home storage etc. if that's your thing....and the main selling point for me when we got ours was that it's actually a fabulous design - it's a good looking addition stuck on the front of your house - not sure that can be said for all of the chargers on the market! You can actually custom design your own charger in terms of colours etc. - and even have a wood-fronted charger if that better fits the aesthetics of your home.....I know not everyone will be as bothered about the aesthetics perhaps as I was - but it was important to me (we matched ours to the anthracite colour of our garage doors). Appreciate that they're not the cheapest chargers on the market - but they are incredibly well built (they're all aluminium; not plastic) - and so far it seems to function very much better than some other chargers with the ID.3 too!
I have an Andersen (the A2) - and I can't recommend it enough. Already have an I-PACE and so have been using the charger with that for 18 months already - wanted to ensure it worked as well with the ID.3 - and it does. The charger has a fantastic app that allows me to do pretty much whatever I'd want from a charger I think! (including timed/scheduled charging etc. - so regardless of what functionality the car has the charger seems able to manage it!). The charger itself is able to be integrated with solar and home storage etc. if that's your thing....and the main selling point for me when we got ours was that it's actually a fabulous design - it's a good looking addition stuck on the front of your house - not sure that can be said for all of the chargers on the market! You can actually custom design your own charger in terms of colours etc. - and even have a wood-fronted charger if that better fits the aesthetics of your home.....I know not everyone will be as bothered about the aesthetics perhaps as I was - but it was important to me (we matched ours to the anthracite colour of our garage doors). Appreciate that they're not the cheapest chargers on the market - but they are incredibly well built (they're all aluminium; not plastic) - and so far it seems to function very much better than some other chargers with the ID.3 too!
ID.3 1st Edition
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It looks very nice!
While we are on the topic of chargers that work, I am using an openEVSE (https://guide.openenergymonitor.org/int ... /openevse/) which works flawlessly with the ID.3 (and also my Leaf) and is ideal for those with some DIY skills that want a cheap but flexible solution. I can control mine via a web interface and it has lots of options for home energy management. It's not as pretty as the Andersen though.....
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Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but I have a question for those of you that have either “hacked” your charger with a relay to introduce a timer function, or have a timer function built in to your charger:
I have installed a relay in my pod point charger, that I can control from an app on my phone - thereby giving me timer functionality for charging on the cheap rates of electricity at night. I was wondering what settings you have in the vehicle to enable the car to be “woken up” by the charger when it kicks in? I can’t seem to get the car to wake up at the moment.
Thanks in advance
I have installed a relay in my pod point charger, that I can control from an app on my phone - thereby giving me timer functionality for charging on the cheap rates of electricity at night. I was wondering what settings you have in the vehicle to enable the car to be “woken up” by the charger when it kicks in? I can’t seem to get the car to wake up at the moment.
Thanks in advance
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Collected 22nd Dec 2020