Question - anyone here have one of those “most popular” VWs? The article says they’re called id.3 id.5 and id.7. I’ve ridden in an e-Golf (California compliance car basically), but not the newer ones. The e-Golf did not impress, so I’m curious if the new ones are any good; range, noise, fit and finish, basically.
I owned an ID.3. It was a great car held back by just passable software. But much of the software issue was a non-issue in real life since Android Auto or Carplay would take over the screen. But the failure was big enough for VW that they went into business with Rivian and paid $1B to get their software tech for future vehicles.
The ID.3 was never sold in the US (too "small"), so you wouldn't have seen it in CA.
The ID series is a ground-up electric platform with a lot more space inside. The e-Golf is just a Golf with a (poor) electric engine and battery bolted on.
Not sure which of the three, but afriend bought one new here in the UK for around £22k - which at the time the dealer assured him he could sell back to them at £15-18k a year later.
He needed the car to tide him over to a work based EV scheme.
A year later the dealer said he'd be lucky to get £8kfor private sale and that the dealership didn't want the car as had 5 on forecourt already.
He's kept the car and loved it, but 2nd hand EV prices here can be great (or bad if you are a seller) - I saw a 10year old Nissan Note EV for £1K the other day - if I already had a charger I would have snapped it up, even if the range was less than 50 miles now.
>I’ve ridden in an e-Golf (California compliance car basically), but not the newer ones.
It wasn't (just?) a compliance car. It was a testbed for EV development by VW. The ID Models have had serious software problems, the ID.7 is the newest and best one. An even smaller car than the ID.3 was announced some weeks ago.
But still. Despite some initial problems, the ID platform is a real EV with high quality and should not be compared to a testbed design from 2014. I think the numbers speak for themselves.
First generation of ID.something was bad joke. Second generation is all right. Some people still complain about software, but I don’t have first hand experience anymore.
