Volkswagen unveils the ID.3, its first affordable long-range electric car
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#2An article comparing the cost of ownership of Volkswagen ID.3 vs. Volkswagen Golf: https://cleantechnica.com/2019/09/19/volkswagen-id-3-vs-volk...
Cost of gas and electricity are based, if I understand correctly, on German prices.
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#3European here, trying to actually buy the thing. You can't. The first reservations will be fulfilled in the middle of 2020, but those will only be the mid-sized battery versions.
If you want the version with a larger battery, there is no firm ship date, but it is expected in 2021.
What I find somewhat amusing is that for the past months we've been bombarded by a huge marketing campaign advertising a car that doesn't exist :-)
Re: Volkswagen unveils the ID.3, its first affordable long-range electric car
#4European here, trying to actually buy the thing. You can't. The first reservations will be fulfilled in the middle of 2020, but those will only be the mid-sized battery versions. If you want the version with a larger battery, there is no firm ship date, but it is expected in 2021. What I find somewhat amusing is that for the past months we've been bombarded by a huge marketing campaign advertising a car that doesn't…
I love it, but I don’t think these are even coming to the North American market.
Re: Volkswagen unveils the ID.3, its first affordable long-range electric car
#5For the masses? My family is doing fairly well for people in my generation and I've never ever briefly considered buying a car for more than 10k.
Re: Volkswagen unveils the ID.3, its first affordable long-range electric car
#6For the masses? My family is doing fairly well for people in my generation and I've never ever briefly considered buying a car for more than 10k.
And in a few years time, used ID.3's will be available for under 10K.
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#7All looks good, but the charging rate seems really slow.
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#8I'm really excited for more viable electric vehicles. But, the claim that this is the first car for the masses when it's simply 2-3k (~33k to ~35k in USD) cheaper than a Tesla model 3 is discouraging.
That said, I do understand that the total cost of ownership does catch up if you keep the car long enough. I would just love to see something in the 20s, or even lower. (Further, I'm very sympathetic to the argument that reduced carbon is more important than my personal financial expense.)
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Thanks for all the clarification. I had no idea about VAT.
Re: Volkswagen unveils the ID.3, its first affordable long-range electric car
#9For the masses? My family is doing fairly well for people in my generation and I've never ever briefly considered buying a car for more than 10k.
That’s a nice anecdote. The average new car selling price is over $30k (in the US).
Re: Volkswagen unveils the ID.3, its first affordable long-range electric car
#10I'm really excited for more viable electric vehicles. But, the claim that this is the first car for the masses when it's simply 2-3k (~33k to ~35k in USD) cheaper than a Tesla model 3 is discouraging. That said, I do understand that the total cost of ownership does catch up if you keep the car long enough. I would just love to see something in the 20s, or even lower. (Further, I'm very sympathetic to the argument tha…
And that’s for a 205mi range (that will be WLTP not EPA so real world will be ~15% lower) on a 45kWh battery back that can only charge at 50kW.
Top speed is 99mph, 0-60 is unannounced.
The higher priced versions can charge up to 100kW. But frankly, the base model specs seem abysmal?