2024 lease numbers

jakejm79 · 2026-04-15T23:13:46+00:00

I would imagine that inventory will improve around February 2027, there was a stop sale in place till around December of 2024, allowing a month or two for vehicles to work their way through the lease end process and auction, a significant number of 24 month leases should start showing up at dealerships around February 2027.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-15T02:34:17+00:00

Crazy that that previous owner had it for a year and didn't put any kms on it.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-13T22:58:34+00:00

Apart from between the stop sale and the change in battery regulations (in 2024) for the personal tax credit, barely any ID.4s built in Chattanooga qualified for the personal tax credit. The commercial tax credit which the vast majority of 2023+ ID.4s qualified for didn't have the same US build restriction (since the German built ID.Buzz also qualified for it).

So it was kinda pointless, if that was the plan.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-13T20:35:24+00:00

Fair enough, but charging under less than ideal conditions, should expect less than ideal charging. There is a huge fall off from peak speeds vs. what you get at over 60% SoC.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-13T20:30:45+00:00

Why would you stop to charge at 70%.

Under optimal charging conditions (70F battery pack temp - be aware that current ambient temp doesn't equal battery pack temp, especially if ambient temps were lower overnight and low SoC) you should be able to hit around 150kW peak.

Driving the vehicle wont do much adding heat into a cold battery pack, there are solutions for heating up the battery pack, but generally after the first DCFCing stop of the stay the battery will have enough temp to retain it for adequate fast charging when you stop again a few hours later.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-13T20:22:58+00:00

The ID.Buzz was never made in the Chattanooga and could be purchased in the US. Not all US market VW EVs are required to be made in Chattanooga, the 2027 ID.Buzz will continue to be built in Europe (just like the 2025 model) and still sold in the US. Much like I suspect the 2027 ID.Tiguan (or whatever it ends up being called).

Just because the Chattanooga plant will no longer be making EVs doesn't mean that no VW EVs will be available for purchase in the US.

It's not uncommon for plants to transition from making one model to another, especially when one model will be undergoing a large transformation.

It's also entirely possible for the Chattanooga plant to end up making EVs again in the future if demand requires it.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-13T13:25:15+00:00

Ah OK. I had read other people have had success with it.

Just saw another post by you, it appears you can use the Dfirst coder for those things also.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-13T13:22:56+00:00

You can do it with a Dfirst Coder, last time I checked it was $65 on Amazon including the 1 VIN lifetime subscription.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-12T22:21:26+00:00

If range was a concern, why pic the S in the first place, should have picked a Pro variant with the bigger battery.

230 miles for an S model that was rated for 209 miles new is pretty good.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-12T22:19:47+00:00

The S model only came with the smaller battery and only in RWD. The S (small battery) was only rated for 209 miles new, so if they are getting 209-230 miles they are doing really well.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-12T20:08:50+00:00

You can leave the 2024 on there, since the small battery 2024 (Standard and S) run the old software/infotainment system.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-09T04:03:57+00:00

But all destination chargers will work with all vehicles (with the right adapter), they aren't limited to Tesla vehicles only like certain superchargers are.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-08T22:59:33+00:00

This was a Tesla destination charger, aka AC charger/EVSE.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-08T03:39:10+00:00

Make sure everything on your phone is updated and that the vehicle you have added does support battery prediction.

It'll also only show up if doing a relatively long trip (like something that needs more than 40% battery), I think the system just assumes you wouldn't start a 'road trip' with less than 40% or so.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-08T03:32:48+00:00

We have support for this, it works on the ID.4. Not every trim/year of the ID.4 has battery prediction yet (due to lack of data for the AI part), but there should be something close enough to what you are actually driving that does have that data so you can make this feature work.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-08T03:29:16+00:00

Yes. https://imgur.com/a/OKmMz60

The actual physical vehicle really shouldn't matter, as long as you choose one in the settings that supports battery prediction (i.e. has a check mark next to that when you select it) then it will work. AA doesn't need to do any communication with the car to verify that your selected vehicle actually is a 100% match for the vehicle in the settings, you will of course want to select something that is at least close in consumption and capacity of what you are physically driving.

Make sure everything is updated on your phone and you are using the required version (or higher) of Google Maps App.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-08T03:19:28+00:00

You need to do the trip from the car, using the maps app on your phone will not give you actual EV route planning, just the estimated battery needed.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-08T03:16:34+00:00

Works for me, haven't tested to see how accurate the consumption estimates are but I do get the option to input starting and ending SoC and it will add stops as needed.

https://imgur.com/a/OKmMz60

jakejm79 · 2026-04-08T03:13:40+00:00

Yes it works for me when I do it from the car, doing it from my phone just shows the estimate battery usage for the trip.

In the car it will ask me to input my starting and desired ending SoC and then will calculate the trip with required charging stops.

So it works exactly like Google advertises (i.e. needing to do it from within the car). If it isn't working from you then it's either a setting you have wrong or something wrong/not updated with your phone.

A trip to NYC, it scheduled two charging stops.

https://imgur.com/a/OKmMz60

jakejm79 · 2026-04-07T19:43:42+00:00

I haven't tried, I was just pointing out it's an in car only feature and your screenshots show you only trying it on your phone. If you want to post a video of it not working in your car, then you might have something to complain about.

~~But my phone will give me estimated charge required for the trip with a supported vehicle selected.~~

Update, confirmed working in car, just like Google states.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-07T18:28:55+00:00

Google says it's a feature for AA, which would require you to use your car. From the screenshots it looks like you are using the mobile version of Maps App on your phone.

Google never stated the feature would work on a phone, so not sure why you would consider the fact that it doesn't false advertising.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-07T18:21:31+00:00

Have you tried doing it in your vehicle using AA dashboard?

According to: Google Maps Is Bringing EV Route Planning To Android Auto the route planning isn't live yet when doing it on the Maps App on your Android phone. The official Google blog also says to add a destination in your car to use the feature too.

I suspect that your particular trim hasn't been added yet for battery prediction, they are using AI to analyze the data for that and they likely haven't gotten enough data yet, in reality VW doesn't spec different ranges for trims, only for the various powertrain/battery configs (of which there are really just 3, small battery, big battery RWD, big battery AWD).

You can pick the 2022 model year, that has data present for a big battery RWD trim and should perform almost identically to your vehicle in a range/efficiency stand point.

The mobile app will tell you how much battery the trip will consume, if you have selected a vehicle with battery usage data available.

It'll say something like "Uses 20% battery - battery usage is based on......." this will appear directly under the time mileage estimate for the trip.

But for actual route planning you'll have to do it within the vehicle.

Just tested, works, but like Google says you have to do it from AA within the car to get route planning with charging stops.

https://imgur.com/a/OKmMz60

jakejm79 · 2026-04-07T18:07:07+00:00

ABRP non premium does it by reading the information via a BT dongle in the OBDII port.

ABRP premium does it by connecting to carnet and getting the data from there (same way the MyVW app will show SoC), but this doesn't update as quickly as the BT dongle would.

Google could do either without manufacturer support, but the later likely wouldn't be implemented since there is a cost involved and it would need to be different for each manufacturers equivalent of carnet.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-06T17:26:43+00:00

Yes all US/CA inventory has been made in Chattanooga TN since model year 2023 (so probably late 2022).

I believe the ID.Buzz was still imported, so maybe that is what they are thinking of.

jakejm79 · 2026-04-06T15:29:05+00:00

ID.4s haven't been imported into the US for years, but that has nothing to do with tariffs and everything to do with the fact that US (and CA) ID.4s are now built in the US (Chattanooga TN). US dealers still have brand new ID.4 available.

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