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I am using the same charging station I have been using with my eGolf 2016 for three years. It is an eMotorWerks JuiceBox connected to a dedicated circuit with 40 (or 50?) amps. I am using a J1772 cable to connect the car. It charges typically with 7.1kW. The 2016 eGolf never failed to charge...

I may have the same or a similar problem. The car charges for some time (sometimes just a few minutes, sometimes between 1 or 2 hours) and then stops charging. It happens only occasionally and I have not observed some pattern. At first I thought the car may be falling into "scheduled...

I am reading the "Discover Pro (Generation 2 GP), Infotainment System, Phone Interface" manual. In the chapter about "Wi-Fi hotspot" it states on page 57 that data transfer is possible with a SIM card sitting in the SIM card reader. And in the chapter about "Phone interface" it states on page...

I did measure the battery capacity. I did that in December. Maybe when the temperature gets up, the capacity will also go back up to 20kwh? When the car was new, I typically saw a range in the high 80s after the car got fully charged over night. Now it is more like 80 miles. Actually, I...

In Sep-2016 I took over the lease for a 2016 e-Golf SEL with 15,000 miles/year. The three main reasons for this car where: - Growing up in Germany, I prefer the handling of German cars. I prefer to drive a car where I can feel the street I am driving on, not one where I "float" over the...

I have used these three methods to determine the battery capacity: 1) When you stop the car after some lengthy drive, check the drive data (CAR button -> Selection -> drive data), note the trip miles and the energy economy. Note also the remaining range (screen to the left of the...

My 2016 SEL is now almost three years old and has 45.000 miles. I never used DCFC. The battery capacity is down to 19kwh from its original 24kwh. cheers, Werner

Check this out: https://www.volkswagen-media-services.com/en/detailpage/-/detail/Bye-bye-hay-fever-Volkswagens-Air-Care-Climatronic-cleans-the-air/view/5526260/46c253b62162818ca0a87a7faada1375?p_p_auth=YUrS6XQx Werner

I agree that mass-produced electric cars are fairly new, but the technology is not. Electric cars have been produced on and off as early as 1880. The electric Toyota Prius started 1990. However, in my opinion, mass production of electric cars started at about 2008, when Tesla started its...

I took over the lease for an eGolf 2016 SEL (midnight blue, 3year lease, 15.000 miles/year) in Aug-2016 with about 10.500 miles. I have over 9.000 miles since. I general, I am very happy with the car. However, I was recently driving on a freeway when the car stalled. Fortunately, this...

This happened to me constantly with my old phone (a OnePlus One from 2014 running Cyanogen, which is a clone of Android). At first I suspected a problem with the USB cable and purchased the original (way-too-expensive) VW USB cable. However, that did not change anything. Since recently I have...

For some reason, the time in my car (e-Golf 2016 SEL) is one hour off. I have set it to use the GPS time and to use "Pacific (UTC-8)". However, it looks like it is still doing PDT, although the "daylight saving time" in the time setting menu is un-checked (actually, the "daylight saving time"...