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I sent to VW's Emobility Team an email last week providing my thoughts on communicating with our Forum and keeping us informed on how they were approaching improving the ID4 and implementing changes through OTAs. I gave them my top 4 areas to improve upon w/OTAs (Auto Hold, One Pedal Driving, Plug and Charge, Increase Acceleration w/Drivetrain). Low and behold I was pleasantly surprised getting a reply stating:
"Thanks John!
Totally hear you on the feedback site. The EMobility team here at VW North America has been actively monitoring and capturing feedback from the press. As the articles and media buzz calm down a bit, and as customer deliveries increase, we will certainly add more customer comments. For now, the best places to post feedback are on the ID.talk forum, the ID.4 facebook page, or directly to this email account. We are keeping track.
On your top four items:
1) Auto hold is planned to be added over the air in a year or so
2) One pedal driving is a great point and one that we are exploring. However, true one pedal driving requires a greater amount of deceleration than the car currently allows. The North American market is working with VW's engineering teams to see how we could add more customizability to the regenerative braking system, but this update may take a little more time.
3) Plug and charge capability is planned to be available in a year or so. It will be available over the air.
4) Volkswagen's engineering team was not comfortable with allowing any more power output from the 150 kW rear motor. Some other markets even offer de-rated power levels to upsell customers, but we wanted to avoid leaving any customer value on the table.. For those seeking more performance, the AWD model will be much quicker from 0-60, and we hope to further increase power in subsequent model years."
"Thanks John!
Totally hear you on the feedback site. The EMobility team here at VW North America has been actively monitoring and capturing feedback from the press. As the articles and media buzz calm down a bit, and as customer deliveries increase, we will certainly add more customer comments. For now, the best places to post feedback are on the ID.talk forum, the ID.4 facebook page, or directly to this email account. We are keeping track.
On your top four items:
1) Auto hold is planned to be added over the air in a year or so
2) One pedal driving is a great point and one that we are exploring. However, true one pedal driving requires a greater amount of deceleration than the car currently allows. The North American market is working with VW's engineering teams to see how we could add more customizability to the regenerative braking system, but this update may take a little more time.
3) Plug and charge capability is planned to be available in a year or so. It will be available over the air.
4) Volkswagen's engineering team was not comfortable with allowing any more power output from the 150 kW rear motor. Some other markets even offer de-rated power levels to upsell customers, but we wanted to avoid leaving any customer value on the table.. For those seeking more performance, the AWD model will be much quicker from 0-60, and we hope to further increase power in subsequent model years."