Posted on 03/06/2021 8:12:26 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Volkswagen says the ID.4 is their most important vehicle launch since the Beetle. That's big shoes to fill! This long-range all electric vehicle is competing in a highly sought after market, and America's latest crave: the crossover. The ID.4 features 250 miles of range with a 82 kWh battery pack (77 kWh useable), 201 HP and 229 lb-ft of torque, and RWD. The permanent magnet synchronous motor spins up to 16,000 RPM!
It all sounds very exciting, but unfortunately the ID.4 feels like it has come a bit short on the promise of bring "electric cars to the millions, not the millionaires." Even with the $7,500 tax credit, the starting price of nearly $40,000 is still a tad high. Especially considering the AWD variants will easily push to $50k with options. But the bigger disappointments come from the current charging system: Electrify America. You'd think charging and navigating a VW on VW's own funded and created network would be seamless, but for now, it's anything but. Check out the video for all the details.
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This guy is the consummate gear head and also owns a Tesla.
For what little it may be worth, I recommend this guy to my gear head friends.
And yes, I'm looking forward to owning an EV with FSD (Full Self Driving)...Like a GV80 EV with FSD.
I’d own an EV provided that: it’ll go 450 miles on a charge with the heater or A/C on full blast and can be fully charged at any gas station in ten minutes or less (or the same time it would take to fill an 18 gallon gas tank).
VW is notorious for it's horrific electrical system problems. I've had friends I warned off turn in their cars within a year after things like ignition failure, window motors getting stuck and worse.
Way to burn your money.
BINGO! And I’ll be impressed when a jumbo jetliner can lift off the ground and fly half way around the world on solar/air power. Until then, Meh.
Yep, I was thinking of driving from New Hampshire to Tennessee this weekend (long drive I know) and my planning consisted of hopping in the car and driving. With multiple stops of multi-hour recharges it just couldn’t be done in a reasonable time.
What you suggest is well-nigh unto impossible. And before that even becomes technologically possible, the Demo-Commies will have banished gasoline cars....except for themselves, of course.
I might get a hybrid some day, but I can’t seen a PlugInElectric in my future.
A glimpse of the forced future. Horribly environmentally destructive expensive electric cars. When we are forced to drive this trash where is every parking lot and home going to get the power and infrastructure to pull the amps to charge these batteries? The minerals required? Africa will be one giant open pit mine owned by China staffed by slaves.
Switch to wood at that point.
https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/01/wood-gas-cars.html
VW is notorious for it’s horrific electrical system problems.
Up high. Too low...
... too slow.
Will it reach the Extraterrestrial Hwy in Rachel Nevada? There's already a time capsule waiting at the Little A'Le'Inn:
It's lookin' a bit rough.
You do realize there is no manmade Global Warming.
A white steering wheel?
That will look great after a year. /s
VW is notorious for it’s horrific electrical system problems.
I know a guy that’s a mechanic at a VW dealer.
When asked about a flurry of problems in the news, he said “VW is a great company and they do that to keep the mechanics busy”
That’s no problem, just slap a genset and some spare gas tanks on the roof.
I wouldn’t own one, at gunpoint. My 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee HEMI V8 is too much fun, and I don’t care about the electric junkers.
“BINGO! And I’ll be impressed when a jumbo jetliner can lift off the ground and fly half way around the world on solar/air power. “
They have that now as long as the plane is well grounded
In case you missed it in the video, the very network of charging stations VW created (Electrify America), it doesn’t work very well with this actual ID.4 VW, and it works better without any flaws on other electrics like Tesla and the Ford Mustang MachE. I had to laugh as the guy must have hammered this point at least 7 times lol.
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