this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
97 points (98.0% liked)

Electric Vehicles

3225 readers
195 users here now

A community for the sharing of links, news, and discussion related to Electric Vehicles.

Rules

  1. No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, casteism, speciesism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
  2. Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
  3. No self-promotion
  4. No irrelevant content. All posts must be relevant and related to plug-in electric vehicles — BEVs or PHEVs.
  5. No trolling
  6. Policy, not politics. Submissions and comments about effective policymaking are allowed and encouraged in the community, however conversations and submissions about parties, politicians, and those devolving into general tribalism will be removed.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] JoCrichton@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Meanwhile the base version costs 39995€ here

[–] mp04610@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Meanwhile the ID.3 is not even available in the US because "demand would be too low".

[–] PeepWilliams@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I just want hatchbacks not crossovers. I'm looking at an EV for my next car and hate that I might have to look like a crossover enjoyer. If I don't want a sedan.

[–] dragoness@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

And yet they want to release that Buzz here. I bet more people would buy the ID.3. They said they are going to release an electric GTI but how much you want to bet it won't even touch the US.

VWs truly losing my favor and that's a shame. I love my GTI but that's where it stops.

[–] JoCrichton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You’re not missing much. Until VW gets a grip on their software I wouldn’t touch any of their current models.

[–] HollandJim@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Baloney. I’ve been driving an ID.3 for 2.5 years and it’s the best car I’ve ever owned. The software certainly has been more than functional since 2.4, and 3.0 (in use now for a year) is really good.

[–] sucricdrawkcab@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

EV's in the U. S are mostly a rich person flex item.

[–] Driftking@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So? That's not too much money for a car

[–] silly_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Galaxy brain take.

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

VW vehicles are overpriced everywhere. They need to do a cost analysis and reduce prices globally.