I fixed the needing to log in one with a factory reset. The factory reset itself also resulted in a "failed to factory reset" message!

The main benefit of letting them control the charge is that you will sometimes get extra slots outside the usual 6 hour window. It has worked fine for me, though it tends to take until 5 mins or so into each window before the car will accept the charge command.

You can also visit a DC fast charger if you're low on power and need to get somewhere quickly. I agree that this car has plenty of issues but that's not going to put me off EVs as a whole, I just won't buy anything from VW group and take my business elsewhere when the time comes. You can imagine if ...

That's great news, I look forward to cutting my charging costs by 2/3!

It seems badly explained but here's what I understand it to say: With "Use HV Battery" off, the car will go to sleep as much as possible to save power as the capacity of the 12V battery isn't infinite, and staying connected all the time would drain power too quickly. The HV battery will re...

This is good to know as I've just switched to Intelligent Octopus too. Can you also just press "stop charge" in the e-manager section of the infotainment screen and have it all still work?

I believe that is the case, you could always turn the temperature down to 16 or so to save energy on heating

I charged from 20% last weekend when it was 10C at a Tesla Supercharger and the car peaked at 88kW IIRC, this was after 1.5 hours or so of driving. I also charged at a Gridserve 50kW charger more recently and pulled the maximum 50kW.

Had mine since July using one key only, so far no issues. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it depends on how much you move around during the day with your keys. The keys are supposed to go to sleep after 5m idle or so right? So if you're moving constantly one would assume the keys use more batter...

I have charged my car to 80% on a cold Summer's morning and seen the rate of charge increase to 82% just sat on my drive as the sun came up to warm things through. This is a whole other discussion, as measuring the state of charge of a lithium ion battery is actually an incredibly difficult thing t...