VW ID.3

Works for me. Got a location in LittleIsland.

ID.3 1st Ed on v3.2.

I have one, it's actually the glove box. Drives me nuts.

Yup. Failed.

Is the We Charge card from VW locked to a vehicle- for example the id3 on my vw account account.

Or can I also use it to charge the i3/Tesla on IONITY (like an ecars card?

Would one of those cards be worth it for an infrequent (maybe twice a year) user?

Thanks KCross, @Soarer its a free card and no subscription through the vw app - I had been putting off all the signing up stuff, after a fiasco trying to charge in cashel I’m trying to make it as easy as possible, unit price doesn’t interest me as long as it works for the once or twice a year that I need it.

Input your Cc details on the vw app - it should just charge you for what you use but il be doing a dummy run before depending on it 😬

You can use an Easy Go fob on IONITY or at least you could but you have to load up your account, I had awful trouble with this and no customer service at the time. Scanning the IONITY machine has also been problematic, hopefully this card will do the job.

I recently had v3.2 of the software installed on my car and there were a couple of main features added with that version.

1) Plug & Charge (i.e. no RFID cards or apps etc to start a charge session)

2) Increased charge rate

I said I'd share the experience as I haven't heard anyone say they got Plug & Charge working. Anyway, it works!

1)

A few things though, it didn't just work. I had to do some setup first. You need to add a Plug & Charge provider to your account in the WeCharge app (on your phone) and then "Install" Plug&Charge to the car. I think it pushes a certificate to the car for that provider.

When I got the car back with v3.2 on it the phone app just said it was compatible with P&C in the "Plug and Charge" section of the app but it didn't really explain how to enable it.

It wasn't obvious but I had to go to "Profile" section of the app and select "Charging on the go-->Plan Overview-->Change Plan". I still just selected the PAYG/FREE plan that I was already on and THEN the "Plug and Charge" section of the app updated and it had an "Install" button.

Clicked "Install" and it complained that the car was offline. The car was online but turned off so I just turned the car on and hit "Install" again and then it proceeded and a few seconds later said it was successful and that was it. The Plug and Charge section of the app now looks like this

I plugged into Ionity at Cashel, pressed nothing and it said it was checking with my provider and a few seconds later the charge session started. Result!

2)

And then to item 2... prior to v3.2, the max the ID.3 would charge at was 100kW... it went straight to 120kW... result!

Hopefully that helps a few others who want to set Plug and Charge up. I did also ask eCars if they had any plans to support P&C and they said no! Pity about that as that would have made it a whole lot more useful but I dont use eCars anyway, unless badly stuck. Ionity ftw.

Very helpful info, will try once it comes back from 3.2 🙌

Thats in your Cupra Born though, yes?

There isn't an "eCharging" option in the ID.3 but there is a Charging section and a new option called "Plug and Charge" appeared but it was on by default so I didn't have to change anything there.

Got an error message yesterday.

Error emergency call button. Please visit your workshop.

Has anyone else had this happen?

Id 3 1st running 3.2 software

Yes, that was the key thing. I think it might only be a problem for those of us who were signed up to the WeCharge plan back in 2020-2022 and my guess is that you need to just signup again to get the new free plan which looks the same but is compatible with P&C.

That’s my theory anyway!

Should work right away for anyone signing up today for the first time and buying a car that has v3.2+ already on it so it might just be an issue for longer term owners. Maybe.

One difference that I do see with the new plan is that it’s 3 months and auto renewal is off. Need to figure out if that can auto renew like the original plan.

Me too.

I'm also an ID.3 1st but I'm not on v3.2 yet.

I've just ignored it for now but Google is telling me it needs to be fixed at a garage.

The 16kWh/100km is a measure of how much energy is used for the 1790km's. It doesn't tell you anything about the capacity of the battery.

A range of 286km at 100% is poor but not terrible.

You should book it in for the v3.2 update asap and they will do the battery check at the same time.

If you have an OBDII dongle you could check the battery health yourself. What county are you in?

To make it more accurate you should try to run the car to <10% so the car can "see" the bottom of the battery. Then charge it to full again and see if that 286km improves.... it might move up or down a bit but not a whole pile, but it might hit 300km for you which would be a psychological boost if nothing else! :)

Too far away for me. If you're in the Cork area sometime I could connect mine to it and give you a readout on it.