Recent content by PMC2015

On my 2015 e-Golf, there are two small buttons next to the charging receptacle. One means charge now at full amperage, and the other means use delayed charging programmed by the app. If you set a charge level in the app of 50%, that could be explaining, or you could hit the button to start...

Both our gas and electric Golf have the same experience around Seattle. I figure it's a characteristic of the tire in relation to the surface.

The miles remaining of charge calculation is based on energy in the battery and miles per kWh driven recently. In the bottom of the right large dial there is a second dial showing actual charge of battery. Is it charging to full? What is your recent miles per kWh? Has it gotten colder where...

I drive my e-golf to Santa Cruz regularly from near the SJ airport. It's 26 miles and I use 2/3rds a full charge round trip. Going 40 miles into Capitola, and I think you'd be going into uncomfortable territory. Highway 17 is largely a 2-3 mile/kWh zone, which is low. A few tips: 1. At the...

In all fairness, this experience was good. Within 10 minutes one of them moved and I could access one the CCS chargers. I only meant to make a Fall EV pun.

You might try more dealers... This January I'm moving from CA to WA with my e-golf and found that one of the bigger dealerships is ready to help even though they don't sell the e-golf. Might be the case in NC even if it isn't your closest dealer

Looks like VW will be accelerating their implementation of electric cars. Great news in my book. http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/news/2015/10/VW_Effizienz.html

Looks like a 2015 SEL is $129/month under a similar deal. A total steal, especially with a VW loyalty credit. You get the $2500 CA rebate towards the $4500 you spend during leasing (plus tax). That's like less than $100 a month for three years to drive an SEL.

There was no where to park, there were Leafs everywhere!

We have a 2010 2.5L Golf, and the e-Golf is both more pleasant and zippier. There's no down shifting, there's no delay. The e-Golf is a pleasure to drive in a city sporty manner and feels faster than the 2.5L Golf. More range may come in 2018. One of the VW VPs suggested a 50% range increase...

Barry, They're gone from my app as well. They can be useful at times, but I find them to be the worst of stations in the Bay Area - cords tangled on the ground, difficulty getting my card to be accepted, no notification when charging complete or interrupted.

A few weeks ago my car net experience improved dramatically. It updates smoothly with accurate data and delayed charging started working. Also a May 2015 build. It seemed to me they must have significantly improved the backend because the iPhone app itself was not updated.

Just a point of clarification, VW didn't work with LG Chem on the battery, it was Panasonic: https://media.vw.com/model/pack/92/

Everything I've seen says the $7500 rebate is property of the lease company because they own the car and only the $2500 CA incentive goes to the leasee. I think that ad is a mistake. With $2500 instead of $7500, it comes out to $12145 over three years which is in line with what the 2015 e-Golf...

In my first month with them I've received 0 emails. That was after four attempts to activate my trial card that came with my the Golf. Very disappointing account management and online offerings.