Is Volkswagen ID.3's System better than Tesla's Autopilot?

Marcus demonstrates the Volkswagen ID.3's Adaptive Cruise Control and discusses if he thinks it is better than Tesla's Autopilot.

Marcus finally finds some advantages in using the "B" mode on the VW ID3 around the Portuguese coast.

Did you want to know what the VW ID.3 1st's does in "D" mode going downhill?

Day in a Tesla Model 3:

[clivemoody]

Excellent video Marcus, very informative, I hope to get my ID3 1st (Pro) here in the UK in about 2 weeks - can't wait. Any information on setting up/using the software is always helpful. Thanks keep up the good work.

[SeriouslyJaded]

Hi Marcus, good to see you’re happy with the car. :)
When you come to a stop in ACC I think you can just press the RES (resume) button on the steering wheel to start again. Same when ACC is disabled because you used the brake - just press RES.
I have a Max so perhaps the behaviour may differ as it has stop and go, traffic jam assist.

[jannev]

Nice to see that you finally got your car and you're happy with it Marcus! I've now driven my ID 3 Max for 2500 km, and can comment on the Travel assist. It works well, I can drive very long distances without steering or touching the pedals. I only have to keep one hand on the steering wheel without any movement. Only glitch is with the speed limit recognition. I had to turn automatic speed limit recognition off because when driving on motorway it recognizes limit signs from junctions (not nice to have a quick braking from 120 -> 60 km/h... 😊).

[abraxastulammo]

Nice deep information about driving systems in ID.3 you hardly see anywhere else.
The indicated regen is always proportional to the driving speed?
E.g. -91 kWh / 100 km as indicated in the display at 13:08 would be about -32 kW at 35 km/h?

[standardrangefremont]

Hi Marcus,
My son and i drove the Id3 Max for the first time today. The driving experience is amazing, especially the B mode in the city.
Even eco mode is quite fast enuff to drive around.
The only thing i Was not so happy was those 20 inch wheels . Guess 18 or 19 inch tyres arent worster.
Greetings from rainy germany

[nunolp]

Totally agree with you. I've never driven a car with a more comprehensive driving system like the ID3 Max travel assist (even in ID3 first+plus the ACC+Lane Assist.+drive Assist). Tesla Model S Autopilot 2018, is nervous, unreliable on every big corner, with rain and with lots of traffic.

[vinceasmith]

Myth: Germans cannot do software - what about SAP?
But a good overview and comparison of ACC, and D & B modes. I have found that the speed sign recognition can be confused with temporary speed sign at road works. In the UK we have to be especially careful with speed limits in road works on motorways - there are average speed cameras. The system works by using both sign recognition and the data in the SatNav database. There are a few places I have found locally where neither is quite up to date.
By the way your "lanes" are still quite wide and sweeping compared to mine.

[w.d.hamilton]

I love your enthusiasm Marcus. It just makes me want to go out for a drive in my ID.3. Like you, I just love this car.

[typxxilps]

I prefer the weather you have.

Forget about Tesla versus ID.3 comparison ... beautifull landscape.

[petergahan]

I understand that some things that used to be in Autopilot, snd which should be in Autopilot, have been moved to Full Self Driving. Which costs 000s more.

[RickardNorberg]

When it comes to regenerative breaking I have heard that you get additional regeneration into the battery when you apply the break pedal. Is this true?

[luisoliveira]

Atention to details and very informative! Brilliant video, once again!

[Hitstirrer]

Hi Marcus. Just a follow up from our chat in SpeakEV can you please check that if you de-select Eco-Assistance it remains de-selected even if the car is switched off and then on again. And then the car doesn't amend regen levels in Mode D again unless you re-select that feature.

[guyfender]

On the motorway can you max the range by intermittent free-wheeling on the id3?

[seglarmange]

As you said Marcus. I love my ID3. I try to learn about everything and your vids are very good and informative . Thanks for doing it. Would be fun to meet up somewhere in Europe ....but not so easy maybe :)

[MrEhmk]

Thanks for all your good reports regarding this amazing car, it helped me a lot. Just received the ID3 1st plus and can only confirm you findings. The car seems to know every crossing, corner and sharp curve, so it adapts speed en re-gens. I need to test a bit more, but am already very pleased with this system. Today I learned how to best drive with B mode without touching the brake pedal within city limits and a lot of traffic light stops. That worked very well. If you don't release the gas pedal too late or too soon, it nicely slows down to almost a full stop. And often, because you approach lights slowly due to regeneration, it goes green again, so you don't even need to brake. That saves a lot of energy. And yes, you have to adapt your driving behavior a bit. Only a consumption of 12.9 kWh for a 35 km drive. Not bad at all. Will do some longer range tests in rural areas in D mode.

[guyfender]

With ACC on driving at the front of the traffic, can I assume the id3 would detect a red traffic light at a junction and stop, and then start again when green, , ?

[CaroAbebe]

Hereabouts “normal roads” are very bendy and steeply inclined ;-)
Hence I’d probably be using B mode most of the time and D when I’m going farther away. Thanks for your review!

[familymapatoso]

I wonder what of those features are standard in the very base model? ACC is probably not, but what about those features you showed in D and B mode, e.g. the sign recognition, lane assist, automatic break, etc?

[iHugoF]

Thx for the D mode downhill test! 🤗 So B mode it's the perfect one for downhill situations. We do have loads of downhill zones in Portugal :)