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No way does anybody have a better autonomous system than Tesla! Tesla is light years ahead my good man.

Oh man! My IONIC 5 fob doesn’t have this

Thank you so much. This was great information as I start the adventure of home charging.

The fact that Tesla charging stations do not have LCD screens that try to provide information is surprisingly smart. I wanted to know everything, and I wanted to see it on the charging station. But then I started seeing BUSTED screens, which made me think that the entire charging station was not functional. So good insights by Tesla.

This is a really good video that explains the ID.4 charging scheduling system well. My one question is if you want to charge at off peak hours and battery is low, say 30%…what do you want the Direct Charge 0-50% to be set at to start the charge at off-peak hours? Do you set it to 0 to insure that charging will start at 30% and go to 80% during off-peak? Thanks for your help.

Thank you for sharing very informative

Matt Farah does a great take on the Cyber truck and it's not flattering or practical for a true truck person. The fit and fitment is terrible with many sharp leading edges that can lacerate.

I guess Ford is more practical if you're not doing the road trip often. Cybertruck has better charging infra ( well this is mute since Ford now has access to SCs). faster charging speed, safe to go down to 0%, better adaptive cruise control (when it's released) and better turning radius.

LOL, is see mountain bikes hanging off the tailgate or on a hitch mounted rack, never seen them actually fit in the bed of an F150. Meanwhile I swing mint into the VW GTI with rear seats down 😂

NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR EV SHIT. BOTH VEHICLES ARE GIANT LIBERAL FLOPS!!!!!

You're wise to stick with your Lightning. Tesla has been going south for quite a while. And I'm encouraged that you also drive an Ioniq 5, like I do!

Another tip that I wish I knew. My intermittent windshield wipers did not work in a light steady rain. They wiped once in intermittent and stopped. I found that ypu can turn off the rain sensing function in the vehicle menu. Then,the intermittent wipers worked as in traditional mode. I can live with that.

I love my 2023 ID4, but I had to struggle a bit because my sales rep did not give me any of these crucial tips, and had to figure them out as I went along. Google searches have been a lifesaver, but wish I had found this video earlier. The worst omission is failure to inform new owners about what to do if the charging plug will not release. It happened to me at a public charging station. Thank you for putting this out there.

Ordered mine 2 weeks ago…still waiting for delivery date , hope VW uk don’t let me down

They aren't just minor things, they are practical minded useful things that everybody will make use of. Good video 👍

The Magic Dock equipped Supercharger locations in Montrose and Craig are right next to existing 200 kW ChargePoint DCFC. For our Ioniq 5 the ChargePoint provides a much faster charge and is cheaper.

2021 id4 here; great video, I learned a ton, like the trip odometer! TY

These cars are good if you live in 15 minute cities

I test drove a Mini Ev and liked it and also liked the BMW I3..small ev's are really fun to drive..but I own a Tesla model 3

Great stuff!

This was great!

I am glad I am not the only one that forgets to close the charging door. One of these days I will be taking it off on the side of the garage as I back out.

Great video. One additional question I have is with the user profiles. Selecting a User Profile Every Time you start the car is very Annoying. Can you set a profile so the car doesn’t ask you to confirm the user every time. I’m running 3.1 software so maybe there is an update to fix this or you have a trick to bypass this.

EV vehicles!!! What a joke!! Another major plan to control humanity by the Elites!!! Wake up people!!!!

Very nice job sir. We picked up our ID.4 last Thursday and still figuring out different things. The menu layers are like youtube videos, you can go on forever, and ever, and ever!!!!

Helpful!

Using self park is like handing the keys over to noob driver. I’ve got it on my 23 Pro S Plus and in my experience it will brake hard and suddenly, it feels like it’s hit something. It takes forever and doesn’t instill confidence in its ability.

Hi electric principal. I have an ID4 23 and have issues with OTA. I have received multiple OTA notifications in my id4. I have started the installation process but it never completes. Even brought my car to the dealer. They tried to instal 3.5 update, but they even weren't able to do so. Mentioning that the id4 went through al the steps for installation, but didn't successfully finish the installation. Any thoughts or tips how to fix it? Or manually start the OTA update?

Thanks for doing these excellent, clear videos for someone like me who is brand new to the EV ownership world. I just took possession of my 2024 ID.4 two days ago after learning almost nothing from my salesperson. My car came with a 40 amp charger (that looks exactly like the 30 amp unit in this video). I found out that the 3 free years of Electrify America that she reported to me is actually 500 kWh or 3 years, whichever comes first. So I will be leaning heavily on my home charger.

Enjoyed your video and learned a few things. One thing I disagree with, however: I really like the VW navigation on my ID.4 Pro. I especially love how it never fails to find a good charging station on long trips.

Thank you! That was very helpful.

Does the id4 have the same charging faults of the id3/Cupra Born? Neither of those charge per technical data statements and have a battery safe mode which destroys overnight low tariff charging. Needless to say VW don’t have anything to say about it or any solutions to it.

Love the ID4 videos!

I use travel assist in my golf gte and it’s superb. Do you know if you can upgrade to this if an ID5 doesn’t include it by default

“Have you tried turning it off and on again “ music to my ears 🤣😂😅

That last tip was fantastic! Thank you. Also I wondered why the AC was on when I was heating the car. Thank you!

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There’s an interesting video which unfortunately I cannot paste the link on this channel. Just search for Norway EV Utopia which shows how we here in Scandinavia are adopting to EV motoring.

Very good review! Picking mine up here in Norway next week….only a couple of niggles…there’s a lot of annoying alert warnings which fortunately can be turned off before you drive. By selecting the starred favourites button on the steering wheel will take you to the memorised page to select the various options including “off”. The ONE thing you cannot turn off (or cover up) is the red “eye monitor” above the steering wheel which keeps a constant focus on your eyes. If you look elsewhere for even a short time it will beep at you! So get everything organised and prepared BEFORE you start driving!

Hey Principal Bob! Thanks for the video! I got the chance to experience the "locked" charging cable at my first public charge stop (EVGO) station. I was told by the charge station customer service to hit my unlock/lock each 10 times which worked!👍🏾 I do have one question, and apologies if there is a video for this, but how come we do not get a charging cable on the used vehicle purchase?☹

Great video! As someone who watched your videos to calibrate our ID4, I'm thrilled you are enjoying/informing for other ev models as well.

Thanks, Bob, Very helpful video. I have had my ID.4 AWD Pro S for almost a month, and learned a couple of things, including the range via the Navigation System. Very cool! I have a question: when I first got it, I was able to move my leg under the rear gate to open it when I had a grocery bags in both hands, but somehow it is not doing that after a couple of weeks. Do you know the steps to set that up again? I went under "Settings," and the “Easy Open” is still checked. I unchecked and rechecked it, but it still does not work. Thanks again.

Excellent video! I have two questions that maybe you can help with. I've had a 2021 and now a 2023. Whenever I hit the voice button to construct a text reply it doesn't work. It want you to press the screen instead to type a message. What's the point of having a voice feature if it won't construct a text message reply by voice? Am I missing something? AND on both models I've had there seems to be 2 internal clocks? I say this because when I get a new text message and ask the car to read new message, I can see on the screen the time that it came in, however when the voice actually reads the message, the time she says is different. For example I receive a text at 5:00 p.m. and see the time on the screen, but she says the text came in at 9:00 a.m. and I don't know if that means it's 8 hours behind or 16 gours ahead. Can you test it yourself and see if you're getting the same issue? And is there any fix for this?

Thanks Bob.Very informative.

I’ve had an ID.4 for a week and knew one of the ten

I own a 2022 VW ID4 pro s AWD. I. love my car. It is a very quiet car, and very roomy. An adult can actually sit in the rear of the car and feel comfortable. I have not had issues with the software. My car is at the dealers right now getting a software update, I'm guessing 3.5 as I have had the 3.1 software. The door handle is getting repaired. I love the car. I do not miss going to the gas station to fill my car with fuel and do not to miss the smell of petrol. The biggest reason for going with VW and not a Tesla is the ability to get in and out of the car easily. As an older adult, cars that are low to the ground are not very elderly friendly. VW ID4 is. Cars are cars and not one car is perfect. I have been stranded with a new BMW X3 that just stopped in the middle of traffic! Had issues with a Subaru Outback. So VW is not any different. Love your analysis on the software. Thank you.

I'm supposed to bring my 2021 ID.4 to the dealer this week to get the 12V battery replacement, software updates, and other recalls done. Should I be worried about things maybe going wrong? I don't understand why VW isn't required to provide loaners to people in this situation. The ID.4 is the only car I have. I bought the car thinking I would have reliable transportation with free ""fuel fill-ups" (charging). So, why should the customer have to provide their own replacement transportation that might require buying fuel while the ID.4 is being serviced for something the customer didn't do? I do like the ID.4 a lot. I just think that VW isn't holding up their end of the deal.

I’m picking up an Ioniq 6 this week. I’m in Michigan, and don’t plan to install L2 charging at home until summertime. I’m going to charge at work. When I leave on a colder morning with not being plugged into a charger overnight, does setting that departure time also take steps to warm the completely cold battery, or does that not happen until I’m moving down the road?

Hi Bob I have 2023 id.4 pro s and I use to charge at my home on level 2 , lately I am charging my car at the electrify america and last night I connect my level 2 charger to my car and after while it was getting error , so if you know what is wrong with it. Please let me know thanks

i have a ID 4 2021/ Auto hold was added by a software update!