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Don't squint to hard and look at it or it will look exactly like an e-Golf!
by VBprogrammer 4y ago
Don't squint to hard and look at it or it will look exactly like an e-Golf!
- bryanlarsen 4y agoThey've indicated that they're likely to use the Golf name, so yes. e-Golf's sold quite well, the main drawbacks were range and performance. This fixes both. Looks like a winner.
- 71a54xd 4y agoI have an early 2010's golf GTI with a manual transmission and plan to drive this thing until the wheels fall off haha. I brought it in for yearly maintenance yesterday and asked about the existing VM "ID.4" lineup and the maintenance manager shook his head and said they're an absolute nightmare. The biggest issue supposedly is battery degradation and motor failures. He went on to mention that the Audi line of EV's also has significant problems, specifically any time when drivers have to use any amount of AC during the hot summer. I also know one person who returned an Audi E-Tron after four months for an ICE equivalent Q3 due to range problems and quirks.
- thatfrenchguy 4y ago> The biggest issue supposedly is battery degradation Really hard to know about about this after... two years? Sounds like someone who knows how much less maintenance there is to do on a EV :)
- bryanlarsen 4y agoYes, asking the advice of somebody whose job is threatened by the product you're asking about is unlikely to get you an unbiased opinion.
- greesil 4y agoI've had mine for two years and the range estimate from the guessometer has not really changed. Range divide by battery fraction with climate off. I don't quick charge. I did have a coolant pump fail which got fixed under warranty.
- ferongr 4y agoNot a Golf. Shorter body, cheap torsion beam rear suspension instead of multilink. This is an e-Polo.
- FinnKuhn 4y agoI would argue this is more similar to the Polo with the ID.3 being the EV equivalent of the Golf.