My pre facelifted Tucson Ultimate Phev is unable to pre-heat or cool the car via the Bluelink App as it is greyed out. The only way I can pre-heat the car is by using the remote start via the key fob which means you have to be near the car. It was switched on to use in the USA but not the UK. I don’t know if the facelifted version has been updated. Have you tried the Bluelink App to see if your Tucson Phev can pre-heat or cool the car @Kezo
That genuinely surprises me. I thought all PHEV were able to do so.
So there’s a potential upside to the Tiguan that certainly would carry “an amount” of weight for me. I got so used to preheating the car (as Kezo, my wife suffers from Raynauds so in winter, the car has to be warm) that i wouldn’t want to do without anymore. Much less miserable getting into a warm cozy car already fully defrosted than a cold and damp one at 6 in the morning in winter, then either scratch windows or wait until they’re finally free.
The Tiguan, like the GTE, is pre-heatable/pre-coolable through the VW app, from anywhere. When we visit the cinemas in winter, i can (and have) preheat the car when the credits show, takes around 3-5 minutes to get to 23 degrees in winter.
Proper surprised by that. Actually considered this one of the major advantages that all plug in cars (be it PHEV or BEV) have, but appears that i was mistaken there. You’ll never stop learning.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.