Volkswagen ID3 | Living with an EV long term Ep 3 

I'm interested in getting an ID3 and genuinely have found this series of videos incredibly helpful.

Really enjoyed this series of videos on the ID.3

Great set of videos, best review ive seen !!

Very informative, just ordered one today! Thanks

Another nice video, well done.

Damme.. Nobby giving away all the free spot secrets. 😝

I've just watched all three episodes. Excellent stuff Nobby.

Thanks Nobby, you are ending your series whilst I wait to start my EV experience. Really enjoy your videos and low key, no frills narration. Stay well and keep safe.

Great review. Just ordered an Id3.

Great serie and thanks!

Really enjoyed this series review of id3. I've just bought a brand new one and sooo looking forward to getting it now! Your tips and info have been very useful to me as a new EV driver. Thanks!

Another interesting and informative review, thanks.

Superb, thanks

Really enjoyed the Series, very interesting

I’ve been an ev driver for just over a year (36kwh leaf) and I throughly enjoyed your series thank you. Now I’ve tested the water it’s time to change to a new car, the CCS charger is by far more available than the CHAdeMO the leaf uses. And hopefully the Skoda ENYAQ or id.4 will be my next car.

Love the car. Great series of videos

Done with the id3 reviews already, just when I was enjoying learning! Thanks nobby.

Great video series , just what I needed ,I now have a Cupra Born on order

Really enjoyed it all Mark. Well done. You convinced to change and have ordered the ID.4. Cant wait till April to get it.

Nice series.

Great review again Nobby. I think if more chargers were available I would in time consider an EV, your living with it series has certainly intrigued me tho' due to very high initial cost I don't think I'd be there yet or in the future purely as well down to the high cost, the infrastructure or lack thereof and indeed the range due to the mileage I do. Your series tho' has provided some interesting food for thought. Well put together I must say.

Good to see the tutorial of charging an EV at the very start of the video is very helpful. Must research this further, I won’t be able to instal a home charger where I live, I’d be dependent of the public charging infrastructure.

Getting my ID 3, on a lease. I travel 35 miles to and from work, with a free charge point at work and the lease company are installing a charge point at my house for free. Seems like a no brainer! Very excited as I'm upgrading from a 2006 Golf Plus TDI! Fantastic videos and you've turned me from inquisitive to full blown Christmas-like excited! Thanks Nobby!

That line...in for milk out with a chainsaw 👌🏻

Good to know, it’s the way forward and free charges at a shopping Center is a great idea.

I really enjoyed the 3 videos very good 👏👏👏👏 I've likened & subscribed after watching many RU-vid videos no one has ever mentioned charging cable security can your cable be stolen . You are charging your EV go shopping can you secure your cable to the car

I discovered the charger in Donaghmede and was delighted it was on free vend :) Mark, it's more than 5k from your last video to that charger...but I won't be telling anyone ;)

Good review thanks, I went from having Apple carplay/Android Auto in an ICE car to a Tesla Model 3, much prefer the Apple/Android offering. I don't think I will ever go back to an ICE car though, always leave the house with enough charge for the day. Even went from Kildare to Sneem last year. Its all doable.

Go in for milk, come out with a chainsaw! LOL! Excellent as always. Now just need a manufacturer to design a EV that doesn't look like something from Captain Scarlet circa 1989!

It's wonderful the EVs have some type of sound, not only for pedestrians but also for animals (I hope it also works for them) Just saw a cat being hit by a car and die while I was biking... heartbreaking seeing so much roadkill and with silent EVs, those kills could get exponentially worse.

It's the new Supermarket loyalty opportunity. Now some have done it, they all must. It's the beginning of the end of the "no charge at home" excuse

Really helpful watching the 3 videos. Can I ask if the first addition is the best or are there different battery sizes in the the others? It’s all very complicated but I am going to make the change to electric very soon . Thanks

Thanks Nobby for the great videos, I am looking at moving from a diesel to the ID3, does anyone have any views on realistic driving distances and costs to run. I'm getting 5.1L/100km now so genuinely not sure if i should wait or just take the jump into an EV

Nobby, brilliant series .... love it .... I'm looking at ID3, Leaf, and todya I try the Hyundai ionoq ..... which one woudl you recommend? The garage has a brand new ID3 1st Edition available, is it maxed out on kit or would I be better ordering a bsuiness or family edition?

thanks for all your videos, very informative ! Two questions. . . would you go for the ID4 instead of the ID3 ? and as I live on a housing estate and have no drive upto house so can not install a home charger, is it much of a problem only using public chargers ?

I kind of wished vw offered a 22kwh ac charger upgrade option- with 3 phase common in parts of Europe and most public places able to receive it it’s nuts that your limited mainly to 7kwh at home on single phase or 11kwh half of what is capable on 3 phase would be great to go to the next stage

Thanks for the series, has made my mind up to order fo 212 reg.. You were saying perfect for 40/50km commute but I have 160 round trip commute but will have charging at work and plan to have a home charger aswell....I can’t see any downfall 🤔 am I being blindsided by anything 🤷‍♂️..

Just plug in and charge... Yeah. Not quite what happened. Great job on leaving a trip hazard. Untangle the cable next time. :)

Would you want to park that on Sean MAC Dermot street.?

wow those plates... jesus.

Picked up my iD3 the weekend, family spec, it’s some bus, came from a 2.0l Tiguan and the iD gives it a whooping...

Nice video's ! Any idea what the impact is of a "full loaded car" (4 adults and luggage) on the range ?

Mark!? , where is Nobby?

0:30 I can see lawsuits on tripping on cables lying around on the pavement

Thanks for the Siri CarPlay demo. Can the ‘Hey Siri’ voice command be used anytime to summon Siri? i.e. does CarPlay have to be open for it to work? Also does the voice command button on the steering wheel activate it? Thanks

I am driving a VW 1D3 and planning a long drive. How do you pay at a public charger ? Thanks

I don´t use the car every day (I bike to work) and only use it once or twice a week, does the battery can take such limited usage? I tend to have issues with my current gasoline car because of that (battery dead too often). Is that an issue too for EVs?

Is that a Dublin accent I hear in the voice response? Very accommodating of VW. If I buy one in Kerry does it come with a Kerry lilt . Trying to imagine what the Cavan one would sound like. County of choice as an optional extra?

Just got my ID 3 today so the adventure begins, trying to get my head round the regen braking in D mode, so far it seems it needs a few minutes to get going but then if approaching a junction/roundabout/speed limit the light under the window flashes and if you take your foot off the throttle it will start to brake automatically, also if you take your foot off throttle and the speed increases (going down hill) it will start to regen brake, feels weird but will get used to it. Question does D or B mode regen more, guess it depends on thye driving conditions

Hello I'm getting a id3 in a few weeks. Do you have to tell the car you are charging up on the panel in the car?or do you just pull in and it knows. David

How would you update the software? Via the app on the phone or do you have to take the car to a vw garage?

Hey - when was the Car Play update made available for the ID3? Thanks

hardly any charging stations in doncaster area where i live. the village i live the only public ones are at 1 pub and then 3kw at lidl...which is useless as i spend nomore than 15mins there, and aldi which have 7kw which again is useless as i spend about 15mins in there also..little point in plugging it in. doncasters big shoping centre....ZERO charging stations. There are some high speed ones at that pub i mentioned BUT you can not use them if you are not using the pub...i do not drink and the food is shite so i do not go. And the other couple that are scattered around the rest of doncaster are either on services at a motoway or too far out of the way where i do not even go near. The 2 petrol stations inc a texaco one where i am have non either

22kW is the same speed as a rapid Gating leaf.

I do not drive far and do want a EV but with little public charging infrastructure around me, and the fact i would have to upgrade the main fuse etc in my 1979 built home to have a wallbox....then the cost of the wallbox also insurance for me is £50 a month more expensive too for some reason for a EV i am paying out alot more money. I will not save much on fuel as i only put in £20-£25 a month when i get paid so no real savings there for me switching to ev and i do not pay road tax either :/

I'm kind-of wondering at the public charging stations is there a danger of the cable being stolen? can you lock the charging cable?

With constant charging battery degradation is an unknown ?? I’ve heard tyres are expensive for these ? True or false?

I'm a bit jealous Mark as each time I see your great reviews I notice how beautiful Dublin is and I've never been :/

I have a stupid question, what’s stopping kids stealing your plug/cable when you leave it on charge at a public place like this?

Some like the Koreans ramp off at 70%. Long trips 20 to 50-60 maybe. Depending on the model. Use the fastest part of battery and move on.

The elephant in the room for me is the money, or more importantly lack of it. If that 22kw charger is charging you say 30 cents per kwh that is only 6.60 per hour for the hours that a car is connected to it. That is not enough to pay a man in a diesel van to service it, which is why they are always broken and covered in moss

I thought the range on that car was 420 km?

With that size of battery. Nobody can have a problem. It’s not really “ EV driving anymore “

Just so it’s clear those curb side 22kw chargers are 3 phase AC with 7kw per phase, the Zoe is the only mainstream car that gets 22kw from those for the majority of cars they get 7kw the ID3 gets 11kw, I’d say that’s the ideal place for a PHEV to charge and keep the DC rapids for BEV’s.

You keep talking about 22kw but the ID can only get 11kw max on those chargers.

Without doubt, if i had to rely on the public chargers I wouldn't own an EV, the network is awful.

More of the same please

58kwh?

Love these updates, but I'm not convinced electric is the future just like they told us buy diesel!! In 10 years they could be pushing hydrogen powered cars instead (maybe). I watched/read researched about electric, the main problem from the info I've read is the raw materials to produce the batteries, I can't remember if it was there's only enough raw materials for the next 25years if everyone switched to electric in the UK or Europe! Nevermind the ROW. Obviously it takes so much more than your mobile phone and its easier for car manufacturers to jump on the electric bandwagon. Good example Toyota developed the hybrid long before anyone else, i don't see them pushing electric! In the US Toyota is pushing hydrogen cars only in California for now as there's not many hydrogen fuel stations outside California. Its a lot more convenient as its like filling up your car with diesel/petrol. Or as I've joked Electric now in 10 years hydrogen and 10 years after that Ketchup powered who knows 🤣🤣🤣🤣 plus the whole moral dilemma of where there getting the materials, I've seen the mines in Africa using child labour etc

EVs are perfect for people who typically drive under 300km a day and have off street parking at home. With today's cars, public charging is only needed for long journeys or driving holidays. Hopefully we can drive that far this summer!

Who else says please and thanks to Siri? 🙋‍♂️😂

But all this talk about home chargers. It is not possible for everyone to have a home charger. So are you really saying dont buy an ev unless you have ha home charger. Also Ionity is expensive and it seems you have to charge very often. And it is not good for the battery if you fast charge all the time and that is why you need a home charger. And there are so few chargers arround that you have to sit and wait to charge your car until the other car is done, and that may take at least 30 minutes or more if they are goding on a road trip. And then you have to charge your car for at least 30 minutes. And in shopping malls they have slow charging that trickle electricity in small amounts caus they want you to stay in the mall buying chainsaws or whatever. Now this car is awesome but wtf happened to that go green infrastructure with almost free electricity and green sources? How do you know what you are puttning in your ev? Would you be able to drive to another charger if you found out that it was not so clean? I am worried, really worried:)

Hi Mark. Had a quick glance out of courtesy lol.... Long live the ice. Too many robotics in life already. We even speak slower like one into siri/ google etc 😂 Can't wait to hear reports of oiks unplugging the chargers lol. Hydrogen sounds more interesting. Also the eyesores of chargers everywhere not to mention the likely "charge rage" b4 sufficient charging facilities. I could continue......

So 25% less range for climate and only charge to 80%. So you loose 45% range by just ineffectiveness. How is that loss comparable to the loss of a combustion engine. Add added weight of an ev and problems with loss of electrical power when cold. Some have stated that in cold winter weather the energyloss can be 25 to 50%. So you need a heatpump driven by the EV battey!. I like EVs but come on, arent the customer being fooled by wltp standards and the ev propaganda train?

Don’t forget the precious metals in the batteries have to be mined , sometimes by 7 year olds in hellhole African countries , batteries are manufactured in factories , electricity has to be made , nuclear power stations , how can a car that takes 2 plus tonnes of the earth possibly be green ? Taking everything into account , is something like a properly maintained 1ltr Seat Ibiza just as “clean” over the lifetime of the car ? Are we being brainwashed ? petrol bad electricity good . I do like to put other points of view, and not toe the line .