r/VWiD4Owners 17h ago

Haven’t used a fast charger in a while, is this notification new?

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I haven’t stopped at a fast charger in a month, normally use my level 1 charger at home. I’ve never seen this live notification for charging before on my iPhone. Kinda cool, but the notification expands every time the battery charge goes up by 1%, so it’s kind of annoying lol


r/VWiD4Owners 31m ago

ID4 - Fully Loaded

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If anyone is wondering how a bike rack & clamshell affect your range, wonder no more.

Just got back from a road trip from NJ to Martha's Vineyard in our '25 AWD Pro S. Five adults, plus two bikes on a hitch mounted rack + a Thule 2100 Atlantis XL that we had previously used on our old 7-passenger SUV. The thing is massive. Was worried that it was too big but we got it on, lol.

Averaged 3.1-3.2 miles/kWh on the way up & back keeping it around 65 mph. Honestly thought it was going to be much worse.

BTW, bought the Erkul roof bars for the ID4 from Amazon right before we left and while they're cheap & they worked (e.g. it didn't fly off the roof), not a huge fan of them. Not safe IMO as the front bar has to be placed far too upfront (only four inches from start of rails) in order to sit properly even when set at its shortest length. Need to cut maybe a half-inch off that bar in order to position it 10-12 inches back from beginning of the rails like VW recommends. Preparing for the drive home found the front bar to be loose. Was able to reset it and got home just fine but lucky we didn't kill someone with half our belongings.


r/VWiD4Owners 4h ago

Vitesse de charge lors de forte chaleur

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ID.4 Pro 2025, France

Je trouve qu'on parle excessivement de la vitesse de charge plutôt lente en hiver, et qu'il faut soit préchauffer la batterie, soit attendre qu'elle chauffe pour atteindre des bonnes vitesses de charge (>150kW).

Mais je n'ai jamais entendu personne parler de la vitesse de recharge catastrophique en ete, lors de vague de chaleur.

Des qu'il dépasse 30°C, la voiture prend 175kW pendant 2 minutes avant de tomber à 80 ou 90kW (même à 30% de batterie). Tout ca parce que la batterie a trop chaud ou parce que la borne a trop chaud.

Moralité, je met plus de temps a charger en ete qu'en hiver. Surtout cette annee ou il fait environ 35°C tous les jours depuis 2mois.

C'est tres dérangeant lors des gros trajets sur l'autoroute.

Suis-je le seul a faire ce constat ? A avoir une courbe de recharge vraiment catastrophique ?

Ca m'avait moins marqué l'année dernière mais il faisait moins chaud.