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The difference is the sun roof on the GTI.

This came up once before on another forum. https://www.speakev.com/threads/what-is-this-icon-showing-a-foot-lifting-off-the-pedal.92009/

Was your foot on the brake when this occured?

I have the traffic info as well and in Canada. It is broadcasted in the radio signal from most radio stations along with the RDS information. You will see TMC (traffic message channel) displayed on the stations that broadcast it. I was initially surprised by it as well.

No issues at that speed with mine. 401/400 driving. A quick Google search showed a lot of threads on vibration issues with the MK7 at speed. Have them check the wheel bearings.

I downloaded it from the e-Golf Facebook group.

How? Those numbers are just being overlayed on top of the time lapse of charging the car.

The issue isn't AC vs DC, its actually higher voltage. High voltage charging is more complicated then lower voltage AC charging. The load and heat it places on the battery causes degradation of the cells. As well, DC fast charging is safer on larger battery arrays (like Tesla) that can absorb...

There are multiple labour strikes going on in Germany right now. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-wages/vw-faces-strikes-on-thursday-as-german-unions-reject-new-pay-offer-idUSKBN1FJ1U2

Yes, the pre-heating and timing is done in the car via the e-manager. As for the 2 features you mentioned. The VW Media Control is an app (for phone or tablet) that allows passengers to control the infotainment system. I haven't tried it as it doesn't really pertain to me. The hotspot feature I...

Are you in the US or Canada? In Canada, since there isn't Car-Net, tethering via a cell phone or hotspot doesn't do anything for those services. The only "value" I have found so far in connecting to a Wi-Fi network is to enable the Discover Pro (MIB3) to use this as a source to play music...

New dedicated EV platform coming in 2020... the e-golf, GTE and A3 e-Tron were always just stop gaps. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/volkswagen-id-ev-concept-photos-and-info-news

In Canada there is only one model (e-Golf Comfortline) and it comes with the heat pump standard.

It is just a safety feature. This isn't any form of auto pilot.

Not sure if this is relevant cross border... However VW Credit Canada pegged a 12,000km (7,500 miles) 36 month at 45%. I went with 16,000km which dropped it to 44%.