Comparison: your car vs. the ID.3

Intelligent, innovative and sustainable: the ID. models mark the beginning of a new era in electric mobility. And above all: for everyone. But how does an ID.3¹, e-Golf² or e-up!³ perform against current models available on the market?

“Our free ‘Volkswagen EV Check’ app offers all those interested, the opportunity to test in their current vehicle how an electric model from Volkswagen meets their own individual requirements,” explains Matthias Krause, Project Manager Digital Car Visualization at Volkswagen.

Every driver with a smartphone – the app is available in the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store – can experience the Volkswagen EV Check in just a few simple steps. 
This is how it works:

“Our app should simply introduce users to the topic of electromobility and provide inspiration and information,” says Matthias Krause. “A user has access to the following information: distance travelled, estimated fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions compared with their own vehicle, as well as the estimated costs for the distance travelled.

The first evaluations and reviews in the Apple iTunes Store and Google Play Store already speak for themselves, the positive feedback outweighs by far! “Super App. You get a good feeling for how much you drive and what you save on “fuel costs” when you drive an e-car. That’s more than 60% with me!!! Awesome!” writes User Thoomse.

But the app can do even more! Users can view the Volkswagen ID.3¹ in Augmented Reality (AR). The real world – recorded with a phone’s camera – is expanded by virtual aspects on the smartphone. On the phone’s display one can see the Volkswagen ID.3 in its real environment, for example in front of your garage or on your desk. Equipment details and functions, even in the car itself, can thus be experienced interactively.

The app also includes an overview map of the nearest charging stations, a comprehensive FAQs section – referring to all questions relating to electromobility – and the simulation of required charging times and levels. Developer Matthias Krause also knows what the next updates of the app will bring. “We are planning to make all future electric models from Volkswagen experienceable in the app.” So those who install early will soon have all the information in their own hands.