Charging the VW E-Golf | EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW! | Slow, Fast and Rapid Charging.
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- I really hope you’ve enjoyed watching this video as much as I have enjoyed making it. (It was long, sorry)
Here’s a link with more details on the e-Golfs charging capabilities:
pod-point.com/guides/vehicles...
If you would like cheap EV charging to, it’s really easy to set up.
I'm amazed at the savings available on the Octopus Go tariff and am very happy paying 68% less for my home EV charging.
Here’s the steps:
1. Use this link to get your quote and sign up for their best tariff (The Go tariff won’t be there yet)
share.octopus.energy/airy-kin...
2. Wait while the switch you over.
3. Once switched, schedule your smart meter installation with them.
4. Once installed, just ask to be put on the ‘Octopus Go’ tariff.
5. Use your charger or car settings to make sure you’re charging between 12:30 - 4:30am.
Jobs a good‘n!
If you would like to see how much you could save, then please use the link above.
You will then be able to quote against what you are paying now and sign up if you are happy.
All the very best!
Steve - Авто та транспорт
21 year old female a little late to comment but I’m buying an e golf soon and I’m so excited! I was nervous about the charging process but I’m pretty confident after this vid, thanks!
Lady over here too 👋🏼 your videos helped me decide on getting the e golf! I hope I love it as much as you do!
Great video EV Steve. I’ve just purchased my first EV - eGolf and your videos are really helpful
Hi Steve, I'm another of the ladies from here in the UK! I've just bought an e-Golf and found your channel and can't thank you enough for your brilliant videos - they are helping me to get my head round driving an EV for the first time. Love your sense of humour too!
Hi Nicole!
Thanks, thats very kind and you'll love the car!
Hi Steve,
I really enjoyed your video. I'm thinking about buying an an eGolf some time this year and I have a
(self-charging!*#!) hybrid at the moment, so I found the info very useful. I've subscribed so I look forward to your other videos, especially a review of the eGolf because an owner can give a much more insightful review about a car than can someone who has the car for a few hours! Best wishes for the future of your channel. Phil
Excellent video - well worth watching. I’m a new 2nd hand eGolf owner & this really helped me begin to understand how to look after the battery.
20 year old from the US here, thanks for the info on your channel. Its helped me make the decision to go with an e-Golf
You’ll love it!
Hi Steve I’ve watched a couple of your UA-cam videos about EV - and I’m really grateful to you!! I’m female, and over 55 so you’ve got a new demographic!! I have an Egolf ( I love it!!!) and I’m about to go on a long journey for the first time so needed to find out about non home charging! I have solar panels on my roof so that’s a great way of having free/cheap electricity at home (my top tip!!) so I’d never used public charge points before.
Thanks so much for your clear and straightforward advice, I didn’t know about the extra plug under the cover on my car charge point for example- ooh err!!
The only problem with your video was when you went outside as there was a lot of loud traffic background noise.
Your videos helped me know what apps to download and that there were free public charge points so all good! Bug thumbs up from me!!
Thanks for the Octopus link. It's paid for my exit fees from my old supplier and will save a significant amount of money. Its a no brainer! And bought you a beer too I hope :)
Great news!
Glad it’s going to save you some money and thanks for the 🍻!
Cheers!
Really like what you said about being a good custodian for the car and your content in general.
Thanks Steve! Having my e-Golf for 1300km now and I always charge at home using a JuiceBooster. Takes about 8-9h to recharge 100km, which is fine for me (commuting about 80km per day total).
Great video! Just got my new eGolf and your explanations for charging are really useful and easy to understand for a first-timer like me 😉 Keep up the good work!
Thanks Mike! Enjoy the car, you’ll love it!
I’ve just bought an E Golf and honestly I’ve been loving your videos, they’re so helpful and love the delivery- keep up the vids!😊
Thanks Amir and hope you’re loving the car!
I was out last night in the e-Golf and had a right blast. It’s such a fun car to me in.
Good videos. I’m getting an e golf next week and a Tesla a few weeks after that so finding your videos great value
Thanks Harry! You’ll be very happy with both!
Cheers Steve, great informative videos, I'm going through them all! Just ordered an E Golf and an Audi E-tron, were going ALL IN electric ;o)
You’ll love it!
I have a full playlist on the e-Tron as well.
👍🏽
Another great video Steve! It’s great seeing your channel growing in popularity 🙂 Have to admit, I do look forward to the next video each week!!
You’re doing an amazing job buddy, keep going! 💪
Ps your rapid charger run looked about 38.7kW rather than 40kW, hopefully everyone understood though 😂😂
Thanks Jason!
Hope you’re well.
Hi Steve, lady subscriber here too! I am waiting for my E-Golf to arrive, should be mid to end August so gives me plenty of time to swot up on your videos.
Hi Ruth!
You’ll love the car!
Hey Steve, I'm 1 of the ladies (in the US) who has an eGolf. Great videos!
What do you think about it ? Looking at purchasing one soon 💞
Thank you for the information… Lady from the US here!
Love the e-golf content
Hi, thank you for a very useful content! Just got my first and used e-golf here in Norway, so I am learning about it, especially about charging. I would like you to do something about the sound when you record the video both inside and outside.. some kind of sound- or noise dampening tool would be great 👍👂🌞
As an electrician, I approve your description of AC and DC. Lol. (Great videos man)
😂
Love the info thanks Steve
Any time!
Love your style.
Wow. You precisely predicted my age and gender. I must subscribe now!
Just got my egolf 3weeks ago, love this damn car
It’s ace!
@@SteveJulien yesirrr
Great Videos
Hi Steve,
I love your videos, and the levity you throw in there. Yes I'm a lady, and I'm looking into buying my first EV, and I hope an E-Golf. I reside on the west coast of the US.
Hi Heidi!
You’ll love it!
Good insensitives in the US I think?
Let me know what you think I’m thinking of purchasing! From Oceanside California
Excellent video Steve. Very informative. I'm gutted that there's a 175kw charger installed nearby but it's no use to me as my eGolf can take max 40kw 😫
Thanks! It will still charge fine. Happy new year!
Very interesting specially the battery health, my honest opinion is that the most damaging battery spectrum will be the lower 40% to 20%, I don’t think the degradation happens so much on the 80% to 100%, don’t get me wrong there will be degradation after 80% and lower than 40% ( that’s the range that satellites use to maintain bateria for many years to come) but the degradation happens more on the lower range than higher range, I would love to see this tested to be more scientific! Keep up the good work!
Hello Steve, I am a lady, and I am 71! I have had my eGolf for about 20 months, and only charge it from a plug in my garage, and it does take 16 hours to charge it. But yesterday, I learned that some people, who are charging two TVs in their garages, are having their cars catch on fire. So, I really wanted to figure out how to get the car to stop charging at 80%. I started here, but will definitely be looking at my car manual to see if I can program the car to stop then. I also charge the car outside. I figured it must be safe, since the connectors out in the world (grocery stores, etc.) are outside.
I thought your video was helpful. thank you.
I meant EVs, not Tvs. Obviously.
I'm one of the ladies, from the US😂🖐🏿
Hello! 😂 👋🏽
I'm 24 watching this 😬 go green!
Hi, I have a Tesla model and a 6 year old leaf, which I’m changing. We had a test drive of an ID.3 and was fully expecting to buy one, but we were underwhelmed by its ‘blandness’ and rather fussy controls, attempting to be a bit like the Tesla and failing. We have had many golfs and loved them, so we managed to get one of the last e-golfs made, as an ex demo model even though it is old technology and half the range...
I have a Smart EQ and a 22Kwh BMW i3 REX... planning on trading my VW golf estate diesel for an e-golf (for my ex-wife and daughter) will forward this great charging video as my ex-wife is far more likely to listen to you than me....so hopefully another female viewer/follower...(by the way she's especially difficult so good luck with her in the comments section!) Many thanks! (PS I've subscribed and liked)
Great video mate, really helpful thanks. I’m picking up my egolf next week and driving over 300 miles to bring it back - absolutely bricking it. It’s going to be quite a few stops, any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Glad it helped!
Plan you’re charging stops in advance and ideally where there are several chargers.
Instavolt and Ionity are very good and reliable.
(Download the instavolt app beforehand)
Have a great trip!
@@SteveJulien that’s great thanks Steve, I will be sure to do that :)
Good integrity shout, 80% in Summer, 90% in Springtime and 100% in Winter time.
I subbed 😎
#E golf
Also if I add a premium sound system like a subwoofer does it run of the main battery 🔋 on the car 🤔 or the small accessory battery any help would be much appreciated
Nearly 70 and am interested in the E-Golf as an inexpensive first electric car. Moreover, I know electrics, been working in that field for the past 30 years.
Hi Steve,
Great video and really useful.
I'm having problems getting delayed charging to work on my e golf. I have the Octopus Go Tariff so have been setting the Departure Time at 04.30am.
However, when I plug it in at 5.00pm it starts charging straight away.
Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Justin
Thanks Justin!
Sounds like your min charge setting may be too high?
This will override your delayed charging.
So:
If your min charge is set to say 70% and you plug in at 69%, your car will just fill up (it won’t just go to 70% and stop)
We’ve set ours to 10% so that as long as it’s above this when we plug in, it won’t charge until the Octo window.
If that doesn’t make sense/help try posting it in the VW eGolf UK Facebook group. Someone can then reply with pics.
Thanks Steve
If u put the extra bit of reel cable in a figure of eight it won't overheat
Great video Steve, is there any way you can schedule charging on the e-Golf to suit cheaper tariffs? And you would recommend not using rapid charge at home too?
Have an e-Golf ordered as a company car and new to EVs!
Hi Tom!
Thanks!
Yes, you can set up timed charging either on the dash or via the app.
Basically:
1. You tell the car where home is.
2. You tell it to only charge off peak when it’s at home.
It’s quite easy,
I like Go which works out about £16 per 1,000 miles driven.
Here’s my playlist on it: ua-cam.com/play/PLvWIWt_PRaIWkunWEGeyvXOE7cISFGtfF.html
As for home charging, you should be able to just get a 7.2kW wall connector installed with the grant and your good to go!
If you go for something like a Zappi, you can the charge times via the app for it as well/instead.
thanks for the informative video step from a 41 year old male ;-] ive just posted the link to your channel on the e golf uk facebook page, when you say charging to 70/80 percent where are the options for this is it in the car? im only asking as ive not go mine yet
Thanks for posting the link to the FB group! That’s very kind.
I must contact the admin to check I can post the videos there directly.
On the app and in the car, you can set charge limits. It’s a great feature, but not that intuitive to use. (maybe its my age!)
For example:
- Monday to Thursday, I want the car charged to 90% and the heating set to 24 degrees at 8am when I leave for work.
- Fridays, I want the car charged to 100% and the heating set to 24 degrees at 7am when I leave for work.
- Saturday and Sunday, I want the car charged to 80% and the heating left off by 10am as may/may not need the car.
- I want the charging to only take place between xx time and xx time as have an off peak tariff.
I’ll make some videos in the coming weeks as easier to show than explain.
Have a great weekend!
You can find that in the infotainment system under e-manager. It gives you the option to set the maximum charge, you can also put a timer on it so it charges in off-peak or just before you go to work, including the possibility to cool-down or heat-up the car at the time you go to work or leave for home. Can be doen via the weConnect app as well, but in-car works just fine.
EV Steve hopefully they’ll will let you post the videos directly, most of the question that get asked on there you’ve more or less covered so very helpful 👍🏻
What's the best way to map out a trip making sure I'll have enough charge to get there in my EGolf with a couple of charge/meal spots?
Zap map or A better Route Planner are very good. Here's my full e-Golf playlist where you'll find lots of journey planning and range tests etc! ua-cam.com/play/PLvWIWt_PRaIU-_opZU2BWUgxJ6QjLKvnc.html
hi just looking at e golf with heat pump,how good is the air con i summer,and is the heating good in winter
Heat pump will help.
We don’t have one and it seems you need to set the aircon to say 20-25% higher than the temp you actually want.
Looking to get e golf if I floor the car 🚗 a lot e.g stop and go city driving will this effect the range alot? Or only minimal? E.g instead of 120 miles on a full charge I get about 80?
City driving is very good for range as you'll get lots of opportunities for regen and may be driving slow. Thrashing the car will hammer the range, yes. Weather also plays a big part. We get 130+miles if its still and say 21 degs C but only 95 miles if its -0, windy and raining.
@@SteveJulien best thing I can do is hire a e golf zipcar and trash 🗑 it and see for my self 😎
And for having a Subwoofer that will trash the range as well
#ITS BETTER TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO 🤗
Can’t help with the subwoofer, sorry 😂. I feel like it won’t make any difference but not 💯 sure.
From the US, Florida, my car is at the dealership for service and they do not have a certified techinician to work on electric VWs. Have you heard of this problem, not enough mechanics/techs who are certified to work on EV. I was thinking in an area of Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Lake City there would at least be one person.
I haven’t heard if that, but a few reports in the UK of not quite sure what to charge for a service as much less to do.
Hi where is your home charging point from for the e golf?
It’s an EO charger but they’ve stopped making that type. There are much better looking ones out now.
How do you set up the Delay charging on the 2015?
I’m not familiar with the 2015, but if it’s like the 36kwh model you can do it via the dash or app.
Please add 1 65+ to your viewer count. Thank you.
plz use external seperate Microphone ! thx ;)
It’s been ordered!
Another lady here 😅
Is there anyway you can stop the charge at 80%? I read something about a timer..so if I get home and have 80km of range left is there anyway I can programe it so it charges say 5 hours which would be more or less 50% charge
Yes, either in the app or in the car.
Ours chargers to 80% between 00:30-04:30 each night on our cheap rate.
It’s not the most intuitive system to work though. 🙄
@@SteveJulien Thank you so much sir! Really appreciate the help and the video! Kind regards from Spain 🇪🇸
@@SteveJulienok last question if I may…fue to ranger not being great, is it bad to charge the battery to 100% every day. I have to commute everyday and then need some extra juice in case I have to drive my daughter about…if I charge to 100% instead of 80% will I damage the battery? Thanks again! Sometime I’m not sure if it’s better to risk not charging and going below 20% charge or charging to 100% all the time…
@@Defender247 VW say 80% daily and 100% for longer trips (try and leave quite soon after it hits 100%) We charge to 90% Monday to Friday and 80% weekends.
@@SteveJulien thanks so much! I’m still not sure if you can programa an 80% charge on phone for example, you said it could be done but it’s complex yes? Again thank for everything