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They claim it will be profitable. And it may be right now… …given they are only selling the most expensive model, at $42,000. (Before tax credits.) That’s a fa
by perardi 6y ago
They claim it will be profitable. And it may be right now…
…given they are only selling the most expensive model, at $42,000. (Before tax credits.) That’s a fair bit more expensive than a gas Golf.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a33540804/2021-vw-id3-ev-drive/ https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a33540804/2021-vw-id3-e...
- leetcrew 6y agoyikes, you'd have to be really committed to buying an EV to choose that over a golf R at that price. I guess the tax credit softens things a bit.
- perardi 6y agoAnd I’m sure the CO2 taxes and fuel taxes in Europe weight the equation as well. But yeah, quite the price difference at the sticker.
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- spockz 6y agoSee my other comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25876431 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25876431, at least in the Netherlands the price difference for the same trim is negligible. Moreover, you might still be eligible for the €4K subsidy from the government.
- spockz 6y agoIn the Netherlands the base Golf starts at €27k. When you customise that to the trim you get stock on the id3 st/plus (st little less, plus more advanced extras) you get to €42382 (config code 8N1B7B) which is not that different from the €43k for the ST and €44k for the Plus. I can imagine that the Golf being known tech will have a larger profit margin indeed. In the other hand, most of the extras in the id3 are shared technology anyways.