The climb to Jebel Shams asks more of a battery's cooling than anything on flat ground does, and the descent runs almost entirely on regeneration. That is easier on the brakes than it sounds — so much easier that the discs corrode from disuse rather than wear out, which is a fault we look for here specifically.
The Volkswagen ID.3 is the hatch, and the one whose charging-control software is updated most often. We cover MEB platform diagnostics, charging-control coding and infotainment localisation in Muscat, and tell you plainly when nothing needs doing.
