Video Summary
- The car's battery is supposed to charge at 200kW and has a 91kWh battery.- Charging test number one, the battery was preheated via the manual preheating option and tested after a range test; significant throttling was discovered during the charging session.
- In the first charging session, exiting and reentering the car led to AC/cooling running, contributing to the throttling.
- In the second charging session, the car had significant battery overheating.
- In the last charging session, the car was left outside to cool from the afternoon until the evening, and preheating wasn't performed until charging started.
- The cold charging session started slow, but the battery began to heat up.
- The cold charging session still reached 200kW and resulted in fast speed.
- The cold session was able to maintain a flatter curve versus preheated and warm sessions.
- It appears that the first throttle point occurs around 45 degrees Celsius.
- The two other charge sessions start throttling abruptly.
- A smaller battery might not be densely packed and therefore easier to cool.
- All charging sessions eventually hit roughly the same temperatures.
- The ID7 can roughly match the charging performance of more expensive cars.
- For the ID7 and Explorer models, there's a classical flat e-tron like charging curve.
- At about 80% of charge, the car start throttling.
- A more expensive model Q6 or A6 will reach 90% first, the other two follow shortly.
