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No, I'm asking - is this a VW, but electric, or is this an e-initiative space-car ? Genuinely unsure. I would classify the Chevy Bolt (which we own) as the la
by rsync 6y ago
No, I'm asking - is this a VW, but electric, or is this an e-initiative space-car ? Genuinely unsure.
I would classify the Chevy Bolt (which we own) as the latter .
- pkulak 6y agoWell, it's the same platform as all their other cars. So I'd say it's a VW.
- brokenintuition 6y agoI went from a Bolt to now having an ID4. So far it seems to fall in the VW but electric category (although this is my first VW, so take that with a grain of salt). Major things I prefer over the bolt: nicer (in my opinion) interior, more interior space, travel assist is pretty awesome, slightly longer range, and higher fast charging rate. The higher fast charging rate is what's making it more viable for us to take that instead of my wife's gas car for trips, since charging stops don't need to be as long.
- Tagbert 6y agoThe ID.4 could be considered to be an electric version of the VW Tiguan. It is similar in internal size and capacity and it targets the compact CUV customer but with electric drive train. It does use a newer platform. Even the styling is quite restrained and conservative compared to other EVs.
- oblio 6y agoWell, not typical for HN, a lazy question. But I'll bite. You could have looked at the video, it's only 2 minutes. ID.4 is a pretty boring/normal looking car. Now, for the e-initiative, it's an e-initiative all right. A $86 billion over 5 years e-initiative (https://www.reuters.com/article/volkswagen-strategy-idUSKBN27T24O https://www.reuters.com/article/volkswagen-strategy-idUSKBN2...) :-) ID.4 is based on an entirely new VW platform (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group_MEB_platform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group_MEB_platform) which is already used for 6 models and it will probably be used by 60+ in 2 years' time. It's practically VW's future. They're betting the farm on it.
- simondotau 6y agoIt’s boring/normal looking relative to other EVs but it’s still a bit of an e-concept compared to a typical ICE car.
- oblio 6y agoCompare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_ID.4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_ID.4 vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Q3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Q3 I think that if there is any real difference, it's really minute and not worth arguing about...