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VW ID.3

Discussion in 'Electric Vehicles' started by Valore, May 8, 2019.

  1. ItsNotAboutTheMoney

    ItsNotAboutTheMoney Well-Known Member

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    How much range do you _need_? How quick do you _need_?

    The Honda e Is an Urban EV That's a Recipe for Fun - Details, Specs
     
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    #63 Laserbrain, Sep 9, 2019
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  4. Laserbrain

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    Well, that was awkward how they dragged the two children on the stage... I guess some marketing guy said, they have to do a "fridays for future" thing. Because... its a thing. Awkward.

    But I liked how you could clearly point out the single person on stage who did not got paid for being there: the sales manager's son, he was somewhere between bored and annoyed - and when his mother took his phone away on stage... lol... I am with him.

    But, oh well, the ID.3 looks like a proper VW: boring. But it is a good boring. Only the inside... well thats a lot of different colors... dont't do drugs children... and VW designers...

    All in all, lets wait for a Tesla Bjørn review to find out if its a good electric car.

    [​IMG]
     
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  5. TLej

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    Very promising, if everything turns out as planned.
     
  6. Scott7

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    I like it! Love that it's RWD.

    Greatly looking forward to seeing the configurator + option pricing as that's where the rubber really meets the road and the comparison with the Model 3 will begin/end. Even though it won't be available in the US at all...

    I predict people that go with the white steering wheel are going to have regrets in 2-3 months! :)
     
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  7. dgpcolorado

    dgpcolorado high altitude member

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    Another report on VW's EV push:

    Volkswagen Hopes Fresh Logo Signals an Emission-Free Future


    The ID.3 looks very "Golf-like" to me. Since I drove a 1986 Golf for 25 years (until I hit a deer at 230,000 miles) it is a car I liked.
     
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  8. 30seconds

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    Looks like they plan to price it pretty similar to the Model 3 but with sub 200 mile option at the bottom end for low $30s
     
  9. kavyboy

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    If the ID.3 were available here now, we would doing a test drive this weekend. "Boring" is just fine. It's got an instrument cluster and everything!
     
  10. 240W

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    yeah, that steering wheel discoloration will be an issue for sure

    otherwise, i like it

    it'll be available to the US with their $7,500 fed tax credit volume timing
     
  11. GregRF

    GregRF Squirrel Power

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    I like the pedals:
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  12. EVMeister

    EVMeister Lover of Tesla

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    It isn't going to be available in the US.
     
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  13. 240W

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    yeah, i read that, buuuuuut, it still may happen some day, hopefully a version that's been improved from this first iteration... and if it does, are they going to time it like the model 3 where they got nice volume kick around the fed tax credit timing
     
  14. Eno Deb

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    Don't forget that the Euro prices include ~20% VAT. The smallest version (330km/205mi range) will supposedly cost below EUR 30,000. The Model 3 SR+ (409km WLTP range) costs about EUR 43,000 incl. VAT in Germany. Even the medium battery version of the ID 3 (420km range) will be significantly less expensive.

    If this car doesn't lift EVs over a market share of a couple percent in Europe I don't know what will ...
     
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  16. 30seconds

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    The Model 3 + Model Y
     
  17. Eno Deb

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    Not likely. The Model 3 isn't doing all that well in Europe (e.g. in Germany even older EVs such as the e-Golf, BMW i3 and Renault Zoe are all outselling the Model 3), and the Europeans aren't quite as SUV crazy as car buyers in the US. Overall we're still at an EV market share of 2% or so.
     
  18. 30seconds

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    Tesla Model 3 was the 3rd best selling vehicle in the UK in August

    Tesla Model 3 was August's third best-selling car

    It was also the 3rd best selling car in the Netherlands

    YTD through July the Model 3 is the best selling EV in Europe, substantially outselling any other EV.
     
  19. Eno Deb

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    Pent-up demand from all the pre-orders. Recent numbers in Germany look quite different (see table of new registrations):

    July 2019 Was Almost A Record Month For EV Sales In Germany
     
  20. 30seconds

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    Germany is a single country in Europe. Sales there do not support your incorrect statement that "The Model 3 isn't doing all that well in Europe."
     
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