Wireless Charger

[GrumpyGranddad]

I’d be interested to know this too. I’m guessing it’ll be on the MY21’s. Don’t think anyone has received one of those yet though to confirm.

My Ocean is MY21 and does not have a wireless charger for my phone.

 

[Iain-Le-Roi]

Installed my wireless charging solution in place of there’s the factory fit one would go. It’s just a cup holder wireless charger from Amazon for £20. You can just about ram it in the space so fits nice and snug and plus into the cigarette lighter there. It’s a nice cheap easy solution. Here’s some pics if interested.

 

[66tim99]

I wonder if you can order the caravelles wireless charging unit from VW

 

[Tarquers]

I wonder if you can order the caravels wireless charging unit from VW View attachment 86797

That is what I have in my beach.

 

[66tim99]

That is what I have in my beach.

I take it it’s left had drive? I wonder if that changes the shape of the socket for the wireless unit, so yours wouldn’t fit in the right hand drive?

 

[Iain-Le-Roi]

I wonder if you can order the caravels wireless charging unit from VW View attachment 86797

That’s LHD isn’t it though. Have they done a RHD version?

 

[66tim99]

That’s LHD isn’t it though. Have they done a RHD version?

That’s the question

 

[Tarquers]

I take it it’s left had drive? I wonder if that changes the shape of the socket for the wireless unit, so yours wouldn’t fit in the right hand drive?

Yep I am a leftie. Suspect it will be a different unit. Crazy it came with wireless charging but no wireless CarPlay…

 

[66tim99]

Yep I am a leftie. Suspect it will be a different unit. Crazy it came with wireless charging but no wireless CarPlay…

…especially as U.K. is exactly the opposite!

 

[Chris_BLG_Ocean]

That’s LHD isn’t it though. Have they done a RHD version?

Yes, South African T6.1’s are RHD with wireless charging, I have tried to contact VW SA but I think the request for part numbers got lost in translation


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[PQU]

Installed my wireless charging solution in place of there’s the factory fit one would go. It’s just a cup holder wireless charger from Amazon for £20. You can just about ram it in the space so fits nice and snug and plus into the cigarette lighter there. It’s a nice cheap easy solution. Here’s some pics if interested.

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Iain-Le-Roi - are you still using this gizmo? Do you leave it plugged in? I'm interested to know if when empty and not charging a phone it draws much of a current i.e. enough to flatten the starter battery!

Thanks

 

[greendog]

I made my own

 

[Graham Goode]

Me too..

 

[PQU]

The cupholder thing was too flimsy and I was unconvinced that it would last long so it went back.

I ordered one of these from Australia: https://forgeandform.net/products/pre-order-volkswagen-transport-t6-1-wireless-phone-charger

Early days as yet but so far I'm impressed. The neatest solution I've found without spending big bucks.

 

[WeltZuJJmerr12]

The cupholder thing was too flimsy and I was unconvinced that it would last long so it went back.

I ordered one of these from Australia: Bunka Messer

Early days as yet but so far I'm impressed. The neatest solution I've found without spending big bucks.

great move!

 

[Mehdime]

For anyone reading this thread from the U.K. and feeling that they’re missing out because the wireless charger wasn’t available in the U.K. (or trying to get it retro-fitted), you’re missing nothing.

I got an Irish T6.1 California where the wireless charger was an option. I paid a small fortune for it (more than €500 IIRC) thinking that, together with wireless Apple CarPlay, it would be the perfect combination.

The wireless charger just doesn’t work. On top of this, having it fitted means that this storage compartment is now unusable and a waste of space.

I really wish I hadn’t wasted my money on this.

It’s not an issue specific to the California or even VW. Wireless chargers in cars often don’t really work. For a wireless charger to work well, the charging coils in the charger and in the phone must be perfectly aligned. If they’re misaligned, charging will be very slow and the device will over-heat. If too far apart, the device won’t charge at all. That’s why Apple came up with the magnetic MagSafe system to ensure that the phone is always placed in exactly the right spot.

With the type of wireless charger typically found in a car where you slide your phone into the charger, your phone will almost never be correctly aligned - unless you’re incredibly lucky, have a phone of exactly the right size and shape, place it in exactly the right spot and have a phone that’s thick enough to stop it from sliding around in the charger.

In practice, we’ve tried with multiple different models of iPhone from the 8 to the 13 Pro and none of them worked. At best, we were able to get a trickle charge of about 1% per hour until the phone got so hot it shut itself down as a safety measure.

Most of the time, it just doesn’t charge at all. Or charges for a minute or two and stops. Absolute garbage.