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Not resolved as of noon PT 5/24/2016. If I log into the Web View of the CarNet service (carnet.vw.com) I receive: "To access these services, you need to have an active subscription. Please park your car in a safe location and press the "i-Button" from your vehicle or call 1-877-820-2290" I...

http://www.torquenews.com/1/why-vw-recommends-using-vw-egolf-battery-sparingly-when-it-comes-fast-charging "When it comes to e-Golf fast-charging VW has a statement in the owner's manual that every e-Golf driver needs to pay close attention. VW's statement about DCFC reads: “Requires charging...

I was just over at the EVGo charger and reminded myself to look at the signage again. Miimura is correct: CCS at 500VDC / 125A and CHAdeMO at 500VDC / 120A. Sorry for the confusion. Geoff

CCS spec - Type 1 is rated up to 600V at 200A. Source: http://insideevs.com/what-are-the-power-limits-of-available-dc-quick-charging-standards/

The dealer mentioned 42kW is the max it will pull from a CCS line. The rate of charge is dependent on the state of depletion when the charger is connected and will reduce over time to what is appropriate for that state of charge, tapering as charge approaches 100%. The 50kW EVGo combination...

That's a sad state, but not unexpected. It's the job of the software developers to make the updates work only with the proper hardware, and in this case it looks like they didn't and probably rendered the hardware unable to process a new update. Service is doing the only thing it can which is to...

As with most of these technologies, both the rate of incremental improvement and limited lifespan of the electronics tilts the economics in favor of leasing. This is what Tesla and SolarCity are pushing: a guarantee that they can beat or equal your current electricity charge or fraction thereof...

I hear what you are saying but Musk has already said that decentralized power storage is what will allow the infrastructure to keep up, and the power wall product is that idea in reality. Serializable 7.2kW bricks that can be used to store base load electricity and feed it back as necessary...

Having just used an EVGo 50kW charger for the first time last weekend, I was more concerned with all of the warnings on the charger about accidental death and injury. :D But, TBH, 35 minutes for a complete charge is much more civilized than L2 and while I don't plan to use it often, it is...

I found the same issue. It appears to be that the computer gets "confused" on starting the car. To be more precise, upon starting the car the UI has a boot-up routine that takes about 45 seconds for all functions to become available. On occasion, if you try to do too many things during this...