Charge your VW Id like a Tesla - I show you Plug & Charge

[@frankcoffey]

When cell phone first came out you had to have an account with every network to be able to travel. They all quickly realized that would never work. Charging networks are going through the EXACT same issue. They will eventually have to have a "roaming" feature just like phone networks, that's the only way we can get to plug-n-charge. It doesn't work if you can only use one brand of charge station.

[@abraxastulammo9940]

We charge/Elli says it supports 340000 charge points in Europe.

[@panjacek6674]

There is roaming already done via OCPI protocol, not all charge point operators participate (have roaming agreements)

[@miketkuijpers]

I use Fastned here in Holland for fast charging and they have plug & charge you only need the app on Youre Phone and it works with a lot of cars and brands .

[@jarkkoruotsalainen]

I got my ID.5 two weeks ago it it came with 3.1sw. Yesterday it was updated to 3.2 and at least it still shows option for Plug & Charge. Have to go and try if it works.

[@eugenelawrence8517]

My Volvo XC40 PureElectric has plug&charge with the EnBW network for several months now. Glad this is rolling out across the brands

[@climbpeng5568]

I think this is „AutoCharge“ and not „Plug & Charge“

[@eugenelawrence8517]

@@climbpeng5568 I decided to use the same wording so people don't ask what the difference is between the two terminologies

[@knudandersen6123]

Very nice to see you in Denmark🇩🇰🇩🇪👊.

[@ElektromobilTV]

I don't know if I just didn't hear. Do I need to have an activated wecharge account? Or is it automatic? I connected to Ionity on BUZZ in Denmark, communication started but then it asked for payment. It is not clear to me where the problem was.

[@BatteryLife]

You need a payment in the app and that is we charge.

[@abraxastulammo9940]

1:03 Option to turn it off is quite useless because any other method should overrule it (app activation or card swipe) before plugging in.

[@BatteryLife]

But maybe you forget and just plug in. It is in 3.2 as well, plug n charge was just not activated in the app.

[@mr.wizeguy8995]

Plug & Charge should be norm in every charger. Some stupid app just makes it harder. Simple is better.

[@shemmo]

What if I want to use Plug and Charge with other provider, e.g. eOn instead WeCharge?

[@BatteryLife]

Not for now

[@marcoteu]

In Holland you don't get the WeCharge subscription unfortunately. Was there an option to add other payments like Bonnet or Shell Recharge cards?

[@BatteryLife]

No. Right now you need a payment in your We connect id app.

[@alistairl]

Looking forward to this - hoping my new ID.3 has it when it gets delivered.

[@hankthetank185]

Thanks for the great tip! 👍🏻

[@boerbiet237]

Thanks Chris, how is payment Done?

[@BatteryLife]

We charge

[@jellyd4889]

Wow. Now I believe in the future. Now to save up.

[@ma40]

Thanks Chris. Really like this. Hope WeCharge adds further networks over time. I also wonder if FastNed's own implementation will now start to work on ID cars as well. Surely the car now has its own unique identity thanks to the new software.

[@abraxastulammo9940]

@@EinzigfreierName Someone claimed Autocharge works with his Enyaq, so which one is true?

[@simonlloyd100]

Interested to explore vehicle to grid for my id4

[@JackRussell021]

If you had a deal with some amount of free charging in one charge point operator, how would that work with plug and charge?

[@BatteryLife]

Not right now

[@ericmaroun6874]

Thank you for all your videos. I have a question: When you recharge with the plug & charge in Denmark, on what rate will you pay ? Ty one in Denmark or your German We Charge subscription. Thank you again

[@LeoniYUG]

Will Plug&Charge feature be available also for ID.4 1st (2021)?

[@janjer5361]

Yes in 3.1 software

[@bentolufsen2774]

Will plug&charge work with the VW home charger for identification?

[@gsing92]

No communication on AC

[@abraxastulammo9940]

@@gsing92 Lots of pins in Mennekes plug...

[@bentolufsen2774]

@@EinzigfreierName Of course I do. I have my wall box in a rather public place and use the card to activate the charging to prevent others from using my wall box. Meaning the benefit of plug & play is exactly the same as at a commercial charger.

[@bentolufsen2774]

@@EinzigfreierName But that’s how I want it to work. When I plug my car into my wall box, everything happens automatically and only my car get charged from my wall box. Simple!

[@barrydoherty636]

Looks like things are improving all the time, plug & charge.

[@jimsshed2587]

Great video I have gtx 3.0 how do I get 3.1?? Thanks

[@BatteryLife]

Wait for ota update

[@oceanfroggie]

Excellent

[@cos_marc]

The only problem with this is that it goes through VW contract... so you pay much more for Ionity compared to a Ionity subscription or even without... It's about 0.80/kwh when the standard fee is 0.59. I really hope EU will jump on these things and open the plug and charge to whatever network you want without extra fees. When you put gas, VW doesn't take 10 cents more per liter to put gas in a "non-agreed" gas station.

[@sliddjur]

Cool! Does tesla support this on ionity yet?

[@BatteryLife]

Not that I know of

[@gunnermike76]

Hello, we've chatted before on other videos, thanks because they're brilliant ! Does the Plug and Charge work other than at Ionity ? On the Mercedes, Porsche and Ford it seems to only be Ionity aswell.

[@HenryFromWob]

Hi, so far Ionity, Aral Pulse and Ewiva support Plug & Charge, with more operators like Allego and mer to come in the near future. 😊

[@hankmoody7521]

So at least Ionity, Eon and Aral are P&C ready right? TotalEnergies is said to follow by the end of the year. Fastned and EnBW really should roll out P&C... AutoCharge is really stupid. Who wants to have several Apps to charge your BEV? (I don't even dare to say Tesla should roll it out...;) )

[@labro.]

Can you only choose Elli for P&C? 🥴

[@arsni23]

Yeah, lets speed the authentification up.

[@luukbvos]

Now that's progress. Opposite to the Audi Q4 unfortunately.

[@luukbvos]

@@EinzigfreierName although using the same hardware platform, the Q4 is using an older software platform which does not even allow OTA. Wrong choices with irreversible results have been made unfortunately.

[@luukbvos]

@@EinzigfreierName partially as for map updates and some licenses, not for OS updates. It stinks.

[@cedrikb7124]

I have a french 2021 ID4 with 3.2 and the plug and charge is definitely not available. Plus Ionity chargers are very unreliable.

[@pietermx]

Cool so it probably won’t work for VW customers in the Netherlands since PON (VW importer) decided to get rit of We Charge (in order to promote their own partner “Shuttel Services”). Bummer!

[@josefv-y8m]

No one stops you to book this Service at any VW Dealership additionally

[@pietermx]

@@josefv-y8m by “this service” do you mean We Charge? It is disabled for Dutch accounts in the We Connect app. The only way to use it, as far as I know, is an alternative route by creating a German account. Therefore I guess for the majority of the Dutch customers Plug and Charge option won’t be available. PS Or I must misunderstand your suggestion :)

[@No1cemeister]

You Volkswagen people are really patient…… This has worked with Tesla for many years

[@BatteryLife]

Barely any cars support that. Tesla only supports it on superchargers.

[@No1cemeister]

@@BatteryLife of course. No other companies at that time

[@thelifeofbatteries2603]

should also say "except a lot slower" 😀

[@BatteryLife]

...and cheaper

[@thelifeofbatteries2603]

@@BatteryLife not really, how much is a service ;-)

[@abraxastulammo9940]

@@thelifeofbatteries2603 Did he do the service already?

[@abraxastulammo9940]

46s to start charging of which 18s are plug & charge authentication. 😳 Tesla starts charging after 7s at SC... 👌

[@BatteryLife]

Correct. It takes a while.

[@jonpetter8921]

You need to take into consideration that Tesla current system is at least 4-5 years old while VW MEB system only finished their 1 year.

[@abraxastulammo9940]

@@jonpetter8921 VW: layer on top of layer to make it work somewhat Tesla: from ground up getting it right.

[@jonpetter8921]

@@abraxastulammo9940 In term of hardware the MEB is a better product than Tesla.

[@abraxastulammo9940]

@@jonpetter8921 But it does not have Ryzen so it is much weaker.

[@philh9421]

Want to charge “like a Tesla” then buy a Tesla. Otherwise, ignore this clickbait. Enjoy your EV, whatever the brand, Tesla isn’t the be all and end all 🙄

[@BatteryLife]

Why is it clickbait? Plug & charge is the same as what Tesla does for years.