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In an ICE car, turning on the heater means the car pumps waste heat from the engine into the cabin. In an EV, there is no engine to produce waste heat. On higher trim models of the e-Golf, the AC is actually a heat pump - an AC that can run in either direction. In AC mode it pumps heat from...

I pretty much agree with everything above. I got my used 2016 e-Golf with what looked like original Ecopias. Car had 30k miles on it, so probably 50% tread. Used them for half a year (Jul-Jan in SoCal so no real difference in temp from Jan-Apr). I hated them. They'd squeal on starts, skid and...

That's pretty common for USB sockets designed for charging to have dummy data pins (not connected to anything). e.g. The socket in your charging AC adapter. Someone in VW's supply chain probably ordered the wrong part, and it got installed in a bunch of cars before they noticed it was wrong.

I bought a used 2016 e-Golf in July. After several months of use, I've noticed a high degree of nonlinearity in the battery gauge. After the low battery warning comes on at 18 miles remaining, I can barely get 8 miles. At 25% it estimates ~21 miles of range, but I can barely get 12 miles. At...