[mckjerral]

Have you got the "show last parking position" function enabled on the Audi A3 e-tron portal? If it is disabled, you will only see your current mobile's position on the App.

Just checked, it was already set correctly, but disabled and enabled it again and now it sort of works in the app. It displayed correctly on the portal before I changed anything

 

[Murrae14]

Ive been getting 55.8 mpg using the brim to brim calculation during a 463 mile journey. Not happy with that figure tbh

in the picture in your post, what is the significance of the two numbers 1 - 966, 2 - 463.2? I can't seem to figure out what each one is telling me.

 

[Murrae14]

Never mind, figured it out. The first number = total distance for the vehicle, second number = trip distance that is reset using the "0.0" button on the driver dash. It's a different trip odometer vs the "1" and "2" odometers you can get by scrolling through them using the steering wheel dial.

 

[cyberbenj]

Hi guys, new to the forum as I took delivery of my e-tron on December 29th. I've actually placed my order in July 2015 and was expecting a delivery in early 2016 so getting it in December was a nice surprise. The bad news was I left the dealer with a courtesy Q3 as my car got a check engine when they prepped it, mechanic told me it was related to a faulty open circuit possibly a faulty battery. That being said I can't wait to get my hands on it even if it's in the coldest season here in Quebec, Canada. We're expecting some -15C in the next days and that's the norm for the season. I have a 55km commute to work and installed a charging station at work. Look forward to give you feedback on cold weather experiences.

 

[cyberbenj]

Here it is in the shop. This is the closest I got to it so far even if it's technically my car...

 

[Jools]

I hope they sort that quickly for you........ I don't think I would want to know that they had problems during the prep!

I wonder if it's a problem with the 12v battery if it's been sat somewhere for a while

 

[Zomb]

Methink the car heard of the temperature outside and is trying to stay inside until spring.

 

[cyberbenj]

Maybe you're right Zomb, or the tech did something wrong in the prep process and they don't want to say they messed up... In my experience human error is the most common cause for technological bugs!

 

[cyberbenj]

Car still in the shop after a week with no idea when it's going to be ready for delivery ... sight... :wall:

 

[Erlingni]

That being said I can't wait to get my hands on it even if it's in the coldest season here in Quebec, Canada. We're expecting some -15C in the next days and that's the norm for the season. I have a 55km commute to work and installed a charging station at work. Look forward to give you feedback on cold weather experiences.

I live in Oslo, Norway where it was currently -15C this morning.
I hate to say this, but as a hybrid, the car is useless below -10C. At -10C or below (-10C seems to be the exact trigger point) the car needs the ICE (gasoline engine) to be warm at ALL times, meaning almost no EV functionality at all. When the ICE is warm (after 5-10 minutes or so) you will get some EV, but not with throttle. It will switch right back to ICE just by almost touching the throttle. Also, as soon as the ICE gets colder (when cuing for instance), the car will switch back to ICE regardless of throttle (even when idle) to bring it back up to its operating temperature.
A fully charged battery does not affect any of the above. Neither does pre-heating.

Apart from that; I love the pre-heater function when it is this cold outside, and to be able to get into a nice warm car. And luckily not too many days a year is below -10C (at least not here), and the rest of the time the car is absolutely great

 

[jetron]

I hope they sort that quickly for you........ I don't think I would want to know that they had problems during the prep!

I wonder if it's a problem with the 12v battery if it's been sat somewhere for a while

Sorry to hear of your problem and understandable disappointment. The picture shows that it is connected up to charge the 12V battery in the rear so it may have been a battery discharge problem if it had been standing for a while. When I picked up mine on 17th January, I checked the battery when I got it home and sure enough the 12V battery was well discharged. A few hours on my old CTEK smart charger soon sorted that out and it has been fine ever since.

 

[Dtron]

I live in Oslo, Norway where it was currently -15C this morning.
I hate to say this, but as a hybrid, the car is useless below -10C. At -10C or below (-10C seems to be the exact trigger point) the car needs the ICE (gasoline engine) to be warm at ALL times, meaning almost no EV functionality at all. When the ICE is warm (after 5-10 minutes or so) you will get some EV, but not with throttle. It will switch right back to ICE just by almost touching the throttle. Also, as soon as the ICE gets colder (when cuing for instance), the car will switch back to ICE regardless of throttle (even when idle) to bring it back up to its operating temperature.
A fully charged battery does not affect any of the above. Neither does pre-heating.

Apart from that; I love the pre-heater function when it is this cold outside, and to be able to get into a nice warm car. And luckily not too many days a year is below -10C (at least not here), and the rest of the time the car is absolutely great

That's interesting. I wonder how BEVs get on in such conditions? Does anyone have any experience?

 

[Erlingni]

That's interesting. I wonder how BEVs get on in such conditions? Does anyone have any experience?

I've actually asked a friend of mine living nearby with both a BMW i3, and an E-Golf BEV the exact same thing.
He says that because BEVs have much lager capacity batteries (in kWh), they also perform much better in cold weather. However, both of his cars looses both significant range and also some torque and horsepower in extreme weather conditions like this. A powerful car heater operating only on electricity, are the main reason for this.

Another important reason for the difference might be that keeping the ICE at operating temperature on PHEVs could be crucial under these kind of conditions. Just imagine the ICE suddenly cutting in at high RPMs on the highway, and the engine block being about -15C....

 

[Erlingni]

Here is an example of power consumption on my last trip in EV-mode. Outside temperature was about -9C, car was pre-heated for about 20 mins in advance. (UK; sorry about the metric units, but the consumption is pretty much twice as it would normally be during summertime).

 

[Murrae14]

Here is an example of power consumption on my last trip in EV-mode. Outside temperature was about -9C, car was pre-heated for about 20 mins in advance. (UK; sorry about the metric units, but the consumption is pretty much twice as it would normally be during summertime).
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That's my experience too in Canada. Range is about half what I would expect in the summer. I get maybe 10-20KM per charge in the winter without preheating.
Edit: adjusted the lower range of the charge--stop and go in cold weather really can be brutal for your EV range. Sometimes I get only 10km on a full charge without preheating.

 

[pkulak]

That's almost exactly the same cutoff temperature for the Volt as well, when it refuses to be an EV.

 

[Murrae14]

Here's a pic of my white Canadian e-Tron with Technik trim. Winter tire and alloys (16") on the car. I have the 17" OEM stored away with the all season tires. Let me know if you have any questions on the car! My main takeaways so far with the vehicle:
1-Range in the winter: 10-20km per charge. I'd expect double that in the summer, with a much higher low range.
2-B&O system: it's freakin awesome! I've never really paid much attention to sound systems in cars but this one I cannot stop pumping up, it really is worth the upgrade IMO.
3-No curb view mirror: Canadian models don't have power folding mirrors and thus don't have the auto curb view tilt. Apparently this can be added on using VCDS but I haven't done it.
4-Nav: it's "OK". Canadian version doesn't have Google connectivity (no sim card / no audi connect) so you're limited to whatever is preloaded into the MMI. The NAV would be 1,000,000x better if you could simply "beam" a location from your phone to the NAV--I hate having to type in locations using MMI. When you have it loaded though, it's a nice system--it's great having the NAV direct you in the drivers dashboard as well as the MMI display.
5-Drive select: should be called "steering wheel select" as far as I can tell...you can only adjust steering sensitivity?
6-The "*" and "iNav" buttons on the steering wheel, and no dedicated "hang up" button: The "*" has different options you can customize it to, but none are useful IMO. As well, there is no dedicated "hang up" button. You need to go to the "tel" menu or scroll across the driver dash menus to get to a hang up option--way too distracting. I've left a lot of empty VMs because I couldn't hang up fast enough due to no dedicated "hang up" button. So silly that the iNav/* buttons can't be used to do that...
7-Living in Toronto condos and getting an EVSE installed: do your full due diligence when determining how much a charger will cost to install for your EV. Generally you have four main costs to consider

1. Charger unit (~$800-$1000, <$500 after Ontario rebate)
2. Electrician labour and parts to wire up the unit to your parking spot. This can has a range depending on how far you are from a power panel, I'm quoted at about $1500 to simply install a 240V outlet that's about 100ft from the power panel, and then I get a $500 rebate from Ontario, so ~$1000.
3. Section 98 legal agreement between you and your Condo board, which basically makes you the legal owner of that outlet and the wiring, and thus, you're responsible for all liability relating to that outlet (basically you need insurance on it, should be negligible). This is $1,000-$1,800 I think. Depending on your Condo board and whether you legally own the parking space, you could potentially avoid this cost. If you do own your parking spot though (ie its on your title) then bank on paying this fee.
4. Metering your outlet / how the board bills you for electricity: completely depends on your condo and board of directors. Our condo has a submetering company which will charge me at least one grand to install another submeter just for the outlet. You should try to have open dialogue with your board to see what options are available (install a local $200 amazon.ca meter that taps into your outlet, and you report and pay for electricity straight to board/PM instead of the submetering company) or negotiate a flat flee / month to have the outlet powered and avoid metering all together.

Now, this is a lot of money just to get a friggin' $500 EVSE unit installed. Here's how I mentally talked myself into it:

1. It does save you gas money. You can work out paybacks over a few years.
2. This should hopefully increase the resale of your home/parking spot, just like any renovation you invest in. Thus you'd hopefully get back your investment in the charger install if you decide to sell the place. Think about it--it's really hard to find a parking spot in a Condo with a charging port. Imagine all the EV users in a few years when the new Tesla, Chevy Bolt, and a bunch of other EVs come out--suddenly "parking with available charging port!" makes your Condo jump to the top of the list for any future Condo + parking spot purchaser with an EV. I know I'll look for that if I purchase another Condo, otherwise I'd have to set aside $3K-$5K to have one installed again (along with the time consuming PITA process to convince the board to let you do it and get electricians to quote you)...if you factor that into your payback period, suddenly the payback is almost immediate!

 

[MDPlatts]

We can send "web destinations" using audi-connect to our cars. There is a SIM in the car but thats just for the e-tron portal. So there is no SIM slot between the two MMI SD'card slots in the glovebox. Seems a backwards step.

I just press the top of the touch-mmi wheel to end a call.

 

[Murrae14]

EVSE

We can send "web destinations" using audi-connect to our cars. There is a SIM in the car but thats just for the e-tron portal. So there is no SIM slot between the two MMI SD'card slots in the glovebox. Seems a backwards step.

I just press the top of the touch-mmi wheel to end a call.

Yep you're right--to clarify my struggle with web destinations is there is no Audi connect for Canada. As for ending a call--if I flipped to nav or a different menu while on the call, or if I started a call outside of the Tel menu (voice command, for example) then there is no easy way to "end" the call without having to flip to the Tel menu. All other cars I've driven have a dedicated "end call" button on the steering wheel, so not having one in the Audi is a bit of an adjustment.

 

[Erlingni]

So, a little update from the cold weather no EV (-10C) issue;
Norwegian importer now confirms that EV mode is not available below -10C. Apparently this is because while the battery is cooled in the summer, it has no heating possibilities at all. This is unlike other PHEVs, and BEVs, that have both.

Even worse, it is also confirmed that at -28C or below, the car cannot start at all! This is because the ICE use the EV as a "starter", and at -28C the high voltage (EV) battery can no longer operate.
I Norway we do occasionally (in rare conditions) experience below -28C, like in the mountains when we go skiing, or further north.

All of the above goes for all VW GTEs as well. Pre-heating, fully charged battery or webasto does not affect any of the above, so there is nothing to do about it. The temperatures mentioned, are allegedly measured from inside the high voltage battery pack, and are thereby not necessarily exactly the same as the outside temperature.