Just get in the car and drive it, most of the rest is a distraction. I don't have home charging and have never used the battery heating. I have had no problems charging except for it being a bit slow to ramp up when it's really cold and have had the car for 3 years.
What I did notice:- If I didn't give it enough time from the instruction screen on how to update before starting the update it gave me an error message that the usb drive wasn't recognised. I had to wait around 1 min before dismissing the instruction screen.
Very strange. My car wont go into drive or reverse UNTIL you put your foot on the brake. If you press the start without pressing the brake nothing happens except for a message saying to engage drive you have to press the brake.
Once you have downloaded the zip file you need to extract it and then copy the 'maps folder' to the empty thumb drive. If you delete anything from that folder it wont work.
From what I can see of the charging networks in Europe, it only seems to be a problem in the UK.
1 Expensive
2 Not a great deal of charging stations.
3 Prices vary according to KW power of the station.
Only reason to turn battery heating on is to improve charging speed at DC charging stations when the outside temperature is low. Needs to be turned on 30 mins before you get to charger. If you are AC charging it wont make any difference.
My aircon stopped cooling in June car only 2.5 years old. Was making weird noises and not cooling. Took it in tested and was low on gas. Refilled and all couplings checked for leaks. Now works fine, free of charge.
Just found this on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/@EverydaySandro/videos
I thought I had a long journey, 1800 kilometres in France, with plenty of chargers. I wont ever complain again about the lack of them.
Only problem I have had is leaving the car powered on when trying to initiate a charge. It gives me HV disconnect. Car has to be in standby mode to start charge, after that you can power on the HV battery to see charging speed with no problems.
Used the app for the first time today. Price shown on the App 48c/Kwh inc VAT 150Kw charger at a supermarket 'Edeka'. Worked well scanned the barcode took me to website enter Visa card details plug in CCS and charge.
Don't you just hate it when someone uses that. Maybe no one knows, after all most people have a seven year warranty and have never had to pull their car apart yet.
The first thing is that I am unable to home charge (No parking in front of my house.)
OK I have three cards/apps I use mostly when charging.
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