• lefixxx@lemmy.world
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    Ok mr reviewer

    Why don’t you tell us less about WV’s strategy a more about how the car is.

    Does it spy on you? What kind of EULA will I need to agree to? Does it have car play/android auto? Does it have a 4G antenna to connect to VW servers even if I don’t enable the feature? Does it have an app? In what ways is VW going to try to get subscription money from me? How much does servicing cost? How much will a set of brake pads cost? Does VW support 3rd party repair shops? Does VW try to lockdown parts and forbid 3rd party repairs? Can it be remotely disabled? By me, by VW, by law enforcement? What happens when the battery needs replacing? What is the visibility like? If it horrible does it have obstable detection?

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      The car he’s reviewing does not exist. He has some technical specs and a few renders to review.

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      Does it spy on you?

      All new cars do and this one doesn’t even hide it, it’s called “id everyone”.

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      Funny how you’re mostly asking questions that no real human cares about when shopping for car…

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      Beetle EV

      The Karmann Ghia EV conversions are stunning. Go see the most gorgeous thing VW ever made do 0-60 in 3 seconds.

      So, as someone who drove three different classic beetles in the past, you know the KG is still my vote.

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    There are already affordable EVs in Europe, as an example the Dacia Spring which has the same 230km autonomy and even lower price (18-19.000€ retail final price to consumer in Portugal which has high taxes on new vehicles).

    Not as snazzy looking though, that’s what’s really important! /s

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      Not as snazzy looking though

      I doubt the production version will look that snazzy, I bet it’ll end up being much taller and look more like this: 1000004894

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          Dacia is a small Romanian brand with a single plant, so learning that some are rebranded Renaults from China is quite surprising.

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            It might also surprise you to learn that Dacia is actually a large French conglomerate.

            They’ve been fully owned by Renault for more than two decades.

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          I really don’t mind it, having driven a Tesla for a year it wasn’t bad at all.

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            Well I drive a heavily touch-screenified car, and I hate it. Have had the damn thing for almost a year but I still get nervous when I have to adjust the A/C.

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              Understandable, most car companies have garbage software (the Yaris I drive now included). Tesla is just leagues ahead at this point and I hope VW is gonna improve a lot looking at their mockups

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    Is it just me or is that the worst name for a car in the history of the automobile?

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      Mazda’s Laputa translates to “the bitch” in Spanish.

      There’s also Ford’s Probe…

      But yeah ID.EVERY1 is a mediocre name.

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      It’s not great but ‘bad car names’ is a whole genre, one that vw in particular excels at. These are the guys that brought you the “Tiguan”. Look it up, that’s not some fancy Spanish word or something, they literally just jammed the words “tiger” and “iguana” together and thought that it’d be the perfect name for their new mom-car.

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        To be fair Tiguan when phonetically translated into Chinese is 踢館, which means “going to someone else’s house and kicking the shit out of them” which is kind of fire.

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    155 mile range, well that’s a local commuter car, that’s it. The masses need things besides a local commuter car.

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      There’s also an ID.2all that’s more geared towards the masses: https://www.volkswagen.nl/modellen/id-2all

      Personally this car would cover any drive I do except going to my parents and back (where I’d have to charge… at home here and at my parents there… so still fine really)

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      That’s 2 days of the longest work commute I’ve ever had. If the owner drives their daily then comes home and plugs it in I doubt it will ever be a problem. I’ve never heard range complaints from anyone that actually owns an ev either. There’s also a lot of people that have brought up road trips but none of the ones I know IRL have gone on road trips with their gas cars. I can’t see it as much more than people just don’t want to give up their cancer fumes.

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        It’s totally fine if it works for people, but I regularly drive long distance, and limited range means planning everything around that.

        I have been looking at aptera, which might have longer range due to being aerodynamic and efficient. That’s what I want to see offered more for EVs. Problem is, it’s not a reality until it’s available for sale.

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    There are currently no plans to ship this (or the slightly larger longer range model) in the US. 🙄

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      Why would you ship a small car to a country in love with the biggest streetpanzers?

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      Tbf hatchbacks take up the same amount of space but have better cargo capacity. Best of both worlds. I love that I can toss my ebike and lots of camping gear in my tiny Bolt and take it camping. Not possible in a sedan.

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    The Volvo EX30 looks good as well but its super plastic and low quality inside. This car will probably follow the same pattern since they need make money on these ones too.

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    It’d be a decent deal now, but this launches in 2027, by which point this would be underwhelming.

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    You can tell it’s a concept that isn’t in production because it has big wheels with thin tires and no tire-to-fender gap.

    Concept images are just for hype.

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    I love the style. Finally they’re breaking their idiotic EV styling they came up with years ago. The ID.3 is just plain ugly.

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      The wheels still scream “I’m an EV!” though, with that design that incorporates loads of flat area, but I’m glad the body design is moving away.

      I can see why manufacturers wanted “EV style” - EVs were the new hotness and so the makers want to strongly telegraph the electric nature of the car in the design language. And I’m sure certain consumers also liked driving around in something that looks like an alien spaceship.

      But that design gets old real quick. Personally I don’t want crazy, I want classic shapes and a car that just looks like an ordinary car.

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        EV wheels done correctly actually lower the drag on the car improving efficiency. If they are done really well they also lighter with lower rolling resistance reducing that all important unsprung weight, which further helps efficiency.

        Wheels even affect ICE cars, with larger heavier wheels impacting CO2 rating and economy for some models. The VW XL1 is an extreme example of this pushed as far as it could go at the time.

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    They’ve gone out of their way to avoid showing the hatch opened. From the pictures they DO have there, it appears the hatch opening area is borderline useless. My question is WHY?