Interesting - I hope this is enabled in the ID.4
Great news!Out of Spec Motoring mentioned on their review of the ID.4 that it does support Plug and Charge. It's at 3:51 in the video. Given that he test drove the vehicle yesterday, and talked to a lot of VW folks, I think he got that straight.
He mentioned it's coming in 2022 as an OTA software update, right? In general, it was great to hear that VW has designed virtually everything to be update-able via OTA updates.Out of Spec Motoring mentioned on their review of the ID.4 that it does support Plug and Charge. It's at 3:51 in the video. Given that he test drove the vehicle yesterday, and talked to a lot of VW folks, I think he got that straight.
I agree, neat tech, and EA's app isn't great . However have you tried activating charging using NFC? Nothing more required than unlocking the phone and tapping — pretty seamless compared to clicking through the app.I will really look forward to plug and charge. Having to fuss with your phone to charge is a bummer. The charger communicates with you vehicle when plugged in, it should be a no brainer!
Do you even need to unlock the phone?I agree, neat tech, and EA's app isn't great . However have you tried activating charging using NFC? Nothing more required than unlocking the phone and tapping — pretty seamless compared to clicking through the app.
Unfortunately, neither of our phones have NFC.I agree, neat tech, and EA's app isn't great . However have you tried activating charging using NFC? Nothing more required than unlocking the phone and tapping — pretty seamless compared to clicking through the app.
I assume this is an apple feature.I agree, neat tech, and EA's app isn't great . However have you tried activating charging using NFC? Nothing more required than unlocking the phone and tapping — pretty seamless compared to clicking through the app.
No, android too.I assume this is an apple feature.
Actually it is a software feature that VW has failed to come up with yet for the ID4. It is not phone type dependent. All owners need to bug VW to get on the ball make it available for the ID4. Gee, they own the vehicles and the charges you would think they would have had this feature from the get go!I assume this is an apple feature.
I think the main focus has been on squishing bugs, and that probably took priority over adding features.Actually it is a software feature that VW has failed to come up with yet for the ID4. It is not phone type dependent. All owners need to bug VW to get on the ball make it available for the ID4. Gee, they own the vehicles and the charges you would think they would have had this feature from the get go!
I tried this twice yesterday - and both times it just tried to charge my debit card via google pay. Chargepoint works (on chargpoint chargers), where you have the app open, and the NFC works.Actually it is a software feature that VW has failed to come up with yet for the ID4. It is not phone type dependent. All owners need to bug VW to get on the ball make it available for the ID4. Gee, they own the vehicles and the charges you would think they would have had this feature from the get go!
There is a separate NFC reader for tapping to authenticate with your EA account off to the right of the credit card NFC reader, at least that's where it is on the EA charger I'm familiar with.I tried this twice yesterday - and both times it just tried to charge my debit card via google pay. Chargepoint works (on chargpoint chargers), where you have the app open, and the NFC works.
I will try that later today.There is a separate NFC reader for tapping to authenticate with your EA account off to the right of the credit card NFC reader, at least that's where it is on the EA charger I'm familiar with.