NEW CAR | The arrival of our VW e-Up! | First impressions… 

You, are a legend. You’ve just answered a question we couldn’t find the answer to!

@@DanielDrives glad I could help, I'm relying on public charging so had a stressful few days on Google and various forums until I found that.

Hi Daniel, We have an 08/22 EUp with 1/2 charge rate at Tesco Pod point 7.5Kw chargers ( the only ones we use unless going on a long trip). The only way to get the full rate was to set a Departure Time that was only an hour ahead of the actual time, but this had to be done for each day we charged. We tried your suggestion of minimising, then maximising the charge rate (at home where of course the connection is much faster!) then drove to Tesco, but the charge rate was still only 3.5Kw. Did you have to min/max the charge rate in specific conditions? i.e. with the car connected to the charger, or with a new Location on the App, or is there a global charge rate setting hidden somewhere? Would love to get this solved as it is a PIA as we charge 3 to 4 times a week. Thanks for your help Dave

@@davidwellington4186 I've never used departure times or locations. I found the charge rate in the vehicle settings accessed through the cog symbol in the top right of the app.

@@jilliancolvin6725 Hi Jillian, Thanks for getting back quickly. Followed your advise and now it charges at the full rate, Thanks.

Thank you Andrew! Coming soon, all being well.

Thank you Murray. I am fairly tall, so if there’s somebody to test the headroom, it’s me!

Thank you Alex!

We have the petrol one also, it's a beast. Prices have gone back up due to car and chip shortages it was purchased for $12k AUD in 2013, now the price as of today (half ab hour ago) second hand $9-11K AUD

I agree. The design has aged brilliantly, something that can’t be said for a lot of cars. I will keep you all posted on our electric journey!

Thanks Cdog! Glad you liked it.

Thank you very much!

Actually, that’s very true. Learned that this evening.

Thanks Stewart! I think I’ll be learning in the Panda as I would like a manual licence. But who says I can’t do some practice in the e-Up too?!

Thanks for the tip!

And also switch the daytime running light off, when the handbrake is drawn.

Thank you Bayley! Glad you like it.

Thank you! 😅

Thank you Carlos. Infrastructure is still not good enough in certain areas. Hopefully you can make it work somehow.

Thanks Simon. I’m chugging through year 11 like a train. I’ll be happy to see the end of it and film more content!

Might look into the ‘engine’ noise thing.

My word, that’s crazy. We used a leasing company that had a few on preorder, so we only had to wait 3-4 weeks. VW said the wait was nearly a year to us.

That’s true! I forgive you… 😉

Thanks for commenting. We used the leasing company ‘Drive Electric’ who had a load pre-ordered.

Yep, we play in a smaller place here in the UK. The average daily commute is 20.8 miles, and the average motorway/freeway journey here is 70 to 80 miles. Maybe if you paid 4 times more for fuel, you'd drive less too? 😁😁 We in the UK seem to be way ahead of you in the US when it comes to EV charging infrastructure though. We already have around 30,000 public charging connections, with a further 30,000 being installed in 2022 alone. Plus the Government here is about to introduce legislation ( in June this year) to ensure that all new build housing *must* provide the facility to charge an EV, either at or adjacent to the property. But then we do have the 2030 ban on the sale of new ICE cars and vans in the not too distant future, which is also happening in most of Europe too.

@@Brian-om2hh yes the infrastructure isn't really here yet but it has increased greatly in the last few years. With the price hikes in gas prices, EV's are looking more attractive. That said the issues remain . Especially for anyone in a condo or apartment building. The big test is in the next 5 years as capacity gets better and new types of battery tech come out (Solid State batteries, shorter supercharging time). When that happens gas might not be as attractive to use.

That’s it!

@@DanielDrives Happy to help 😄

Amazing! Hope you’re just as impressed with yours as we are with ours.

Thanks Simon! Already have ZapMap and it’s a fantastic app. 80 miles each way for the show so we will need one public charge.

I stand corrected! Please tell me more about the default 22°C thing because it can be annoying.

@@DanielDrives you'll need a diagnosis tool (OBD eleven, ODIS, VCDS etc..) and you have to go into the adaptation menu in address 08 (climatronic) and modify channel 6. It only takes about 2 minutes to do.

That’s an idea. However, we don’t really use that doorway.

Hopefully we won’t have to find out how easy they are to replace!

@@DanielDrives well we can hope 🙏

Usain Volt, as somebody said on Twitter.

We had 175 miles showing on the dash today. Pretty realistic too.

@@DanielDrives not too bad. VW claim 160! Look forward to a full review.

We haven’t yet. We have no need to use it because of the type-2 Wallbox.

Yeah, we are expecting that to be the case. No worries.

The range usually drops by around 20% in colder conditions. ICE vehicles give inferior fuel economy in colder conditions too.

"whell ahctuhally" Competently engineered batteries have the ability to voltage balance, mostly on granny charge speeds. It depends on each individual make but charge from below 20% to above 80% and the computers should take a little time to even out the voltage sag if there's any. It's a preventative maintenance, if not too conservative

@@toyotaprius79 Balancing the cells and calibration of the BMS is not entirely the same. Balancing happens at 100% SoC - sometimes displayed as 99% but can also happen during use (less accurate). The >80 and

Lease. Thanks for watching.

Not too sure. Chances are it could be old stock.

VAG have stopped making Mii Electic and Citigo iV versions, but the e Up! I'd to continue a little while longer

They did stop, but re-started due to demand I think...

They stopped due to shortage on silicon to put resources to resources into id3/4 whixh vw makes more profit on.

We lease ours. Sadly, due to the current situation, lease prices have rocketed up :(

Depends on the conditions and where you're driving. On the motorway, expect between 110-130 miles, around town more like 160-190 miles ish.

I like the European flag on the reg too, we have it on the Panda. I’m half Dutch so still half EU technically! 😉

@@DanielDrives haha! That’s cool.

I don't think the EU plates are issued on UK newly registered vehicles anymore now.

On new cars i notice the classic abbreviation GB has disappeared and been replaced by the abbreviation UK and for the first time Union Jack flag, although I notice EVs just have the green bar.

@@john_smith1471 Yeah it's weird why the jack isn't on the EVs as well.

Yep. I think the same thing.

Hello from Germany! The e-up is still in production. My will be produced in July '22. I'm waiting :-)

Oh god… 😳

Thanks! I’m definitely going to check that out.

We definitely won’t be. It only needs charging every few days.

I have. A good review.

That could be true.

We don’t use the door too often, so it’s fine. But yeah, there are pros and cons with a tethered cable.

Fair enough! Apologies, more outtakes coming soon 😉