Video Summary
- It's an Audi e-tron 55 Black Edition, driving 228 km to Geilo.- The range estimation changes when the navigation is set, knowing we are going uphill.
- The car preheats for half an hour, it doesn’t pull power from the charger.
- Preheating the car for half an hour saw the car drop to 98% instead of remaining fully charged.
- At Circle K, it consumes 27.3 kWh per 100km.
- While charging at Circle K, it was charging at 88 kW, slower than the Polestar. However, during the actual charging it eventually hits 140 kW.
- The car pre-heats for half an hour. It doesn’t pull power from the charger when pre-heating.
- The car does have cold-gate, impacting the range, but as it starts to ramp up, you quickly achieve 140 kW.
- If you preheat at a fast charger then there is no range loss.
- Preheating on a home charger drains the battery without getting a hotter battery.
- The seat heating can be customized by the driver and passenger.
- There are rear seat adjusters, but no rear seat heaters.
- There is a feature to automatically clean the backup camera using fluid. However, the fluid appears to miss the camera and it does not provide enough power.
- Has steering wheel heater custom configured by the steering wheel button.
- Has custom configured steering wheel button.
- There is a bug, as all controls are suspended when the reverse camera is active.
- Has an excellent charging port with a well-protected DC plug.
- The charging port is on the left which is the wrong side. It must use the right for quick charge.
- Always drive in S mode, as this has no impact on the driving range.
- 25.1kWh 100 kilometers is pretty high.
- The cold battery makes a big difference when planning trips.
- The e-tron cold gates but is not cold gate free.
- It requires to be switched off to open charging.
